According to the petition, the RIAA has already taken action against media companies like CNet for their promotion of such software and has blocked websites which convert YouTube videos into MP3s (like YouTube-MP3.org) from using the broadcast website.
The RIAA said the following in a statement:
"More than a year ago we asked Download.com to remove applications that are used to steal our members' content. Download.com (a website used by CNet and owned by CBS) continues to ignore our requests and many of these applications are still being promoted on the site. Download.com is profiting from this infringement through advertisements and other ways it derives revenue when people use the site to download these applications."
Although the current law has been described as “murky” by a professor of law at Santa Clara University School of Law, it’s not the first time a copyright campaign has endeavoured to protect recorded music; in the ‘80s British industry trade group BPI launched an operation with the slogan Home Taping Is Killing Music and worldwide organisation IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry) launched Piracy Kills Music in 2007.
The current petition however has a much simpler request:
“I hereby ask Google to break their silence and participate in an open and fair discussion with the intention to find a solution that suits the needs of the users.”
From themusicnetwork
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