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Music Industry Needs Unhindered Control Over Internet To Survive (#430)
Posted: 8/16/2002; 9:15 PM by Terry Frazier
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Seems Vivendi, BMG, Sony, Warner Brothers, and others have sued AT&T, Cable & Wireless, Sprint, and UUNET demanding the right to control what websites are connected to the Internet.

Isn't that what they do in Saudi Arabia, Iran, and China? We should just get the government, the courts, the Constitution, and society in general out of the way. They're all just annoyances to the music industry, and all well worth sacrificing to save a bloated, self-important, outmoded, inefficient, confiscatory business that delivers little to no value to the vast majority of Americans.

The music industry -- a 900-lb screaming, tantrum-throwing cry baby. I'm sure the lawyers just love them.

Record labels sue Internet providers over site.
NEW YORK, Aug 16 (Reuters) - The world's largest record companies sued major Internet service and network providers on Friday, alleging their routing systems allow users to access the China-based Listen4ever.com Web site and unlawfully copy musical recordings.
The copyright infringement suit, filed in Manhattan federal court, seeks a court order requiring the defendants to block Internet communications that travel through their systems to and from the Listen4ever site. The suit says the plaintiffs have not been able to determine who owns the Web site.
iWon Aug 16 2002 5:13PM ET [Moreover - Online legal issues news]

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