Death to the RIAA
From The Register:
“After issuing a subpoena to the MIT, the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) finds itself in yet another legal battle as university officials have refused to divulge their students' names. MIT is protecting students suspected of trading copyrighted files, citing privacy concerns and improper legal tactics by the RIAA as a defense.“
Even Michael Jackson is concerned about the war on music fans. 'Why do the labels need such aggressive measures in their pursuit of our youth? Why not give universities a bit of time to look after the concerns of their students?'
Go MIT! I always liked techies from Cambridge. Michael, well you are strange, but you are correct this time. J
The RIAA must die. The RIAA is pure evil. They are anti-technology dinosaurs. They would rather litigate away the internet than embrace it as a new business model. They screw the artists and the consumers. This is why I openly violate all copyright laws and download MP3s to my heart's content. I am practicing civil disobedience with each download.
So RIAA, how can you stop me? On the techie front, you just can't, sorry. I am way too smart for you. (And when I am no longer smarter than you I have friends who are way smarter than me!) I can make my IP Address look like Saddam Hussein's. You can't shut down my ISP and I don't attend a University, so you have nobody to sue. Just try suing me, ha that would be fun. I have Tom Howe as my lawyer!
Oh wait. You can stop me. You can stop suing ISPs, Universities, etc and work with the artists and the technology industry to come up with a way to monetize MP3 distribution. You can't fight technology (Just ask the Peoples Republic of China and Google). Wishing that there was no file sharing and the internet is not going to make it go away. I am more than willing to pay THE ARTIST for each MP3 that I download. Where does that leave the RIAA. Hopefully in hell where they belong.