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The RIAA(record companies) are stepping it up. Now illegal downloading music can give you a ten-year sentence -
That's a heavier fine than peddling child pornography, manslaughter, and pedophilia. They have gone after a whole
host of people, including people without a computer (to do the downloading) deseased grandmothers, and all sorts of
other people. Fuck that shit. They screw over artists and screw over their customers. Many cd's now are $18-$20
instead of the normal $14-$15. That's called price gouging. They've tried to raise itunes music store prices and
have even claimed that ripping a cd to your computer and putting it on your ipod is not 'fair use'. I say, if you
really want to help the artist, download the album from limewire and donate your $15 to the artist directly. They'l
make an extra $14 on that cd....
Further Reading
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004409.php
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=31256
http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?show=localnews&pnpID=728&NewsID=713614&CategoryID=11575&on=1
http://www.mafiaa.org/
http://www.niteshdw.com/index.php?a=view&id=7647
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060426.gtmusicapr26/BNStory/Technology/home
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6064016.html?part=rss&tag=6064016&subj=news
http://p2pnet.net/story/8603
http://macgomez.typepad.com/scopetech/2006/04/whats_the_probl.html
ONLY YOU Can stop the RIAA
http://www.eff.org/share/petition/
That's a heavier fine than peddling child pornography, manslaughter, and pedophilia. They have gone after a whole
host of people, including people without a computer (to do the downloading) deseased grandmothers, and all sorts of
other people. Fuck that shit. They screw over artists and screw over their customers. Many cd's now are $18-$20
instead of the normal $14-$15. That's called price gouging. They've tried to raise itunes music store prices and
have even claimed that ripping a cd to your computer and putting it on your ipod is not 'fair use'. I say, if you
really want to help the artist, download the album from limewire and donate your $15 to the artist directly. They'l
make an extra $14 on that cd....
Further Reading
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004409.php
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=31256
http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?show=localnews&pnpID=728&NewsID=713614&CategoryID=11575&on=1
http://www.mafiaa.org/
http://www.niteshdw.com/index.php?a=view&id=7647
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060426.gtmusicapr26/BNStory/Technology/home
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6064016.html?part=rss&tag=6064016&subj=news
http://p2pnet.net/story/8603
http://macgomez.typepad.com/scopetech/2006/04/whats_the_probl.html
ONLY YOU Can stop the RIAA
http://www.eff.org/share/petition/