RIAA Bits 319
HardYakka writes "The New York Times writes that record industry executives who are adamant that file sharing is stealing are not above stealing themselves." The NYT also has two other stories on file-sharing today: one with emphasis on musicians, and an opinion piece about the internet. Also floating around: this humor piece and an EFF petition.
quote from the article... (Score:5, Funny)
We need tighter legislation NOW!
huh? (Score:5, Funny)
I don't get it.
Remember McDonald's frivolous lawsuit (Score:1, Funny)
Re:skip the registering, here is the piece (Score:3, Funny)
Illegally copying a copyrighted article about illegally copying copyrighted articles.
Oh, the irony.
Wrong location (Score:4, Funny)
That is on US soil & human rights would eventually be enforced. They should have learned from the US government and located the facility in Cuba, I gather that there is some spare space in Camp X-Ray.
Well, that would have been one way of improving the story!
Re:Irony... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:huh? (Score:3, Funny)
Celebrity Corporation Death Match: RIAA vs SCO (Score:1, Funny)
Any programmers at SCO download any music?
This could be fun.
Re:Welcome To The New World, Geek Fewl... (Score:5, Funny)
Nonsense. You can get all your basic necessities from mother nature. Out here in the forest you can hunt and grow your own food, build your own house and even Access
Re:Extortion [Re:Stealing by the RIAA] (Score:5, Funny)
Re:quote from the article... (Score:3, Funny)
But then she could bleed to death in hours.
(And if you want to see Jolie nekkid, go rent Gia.)
Pirating? (Score:2, Funny)
Because when faced with the choice of downloading untold numbers of movies, music, or expensive software like Adobe Photoshop or Microsoft Office, the humble file trader always opts for that hot new copy of Outlook Express...?!
Watch out for this John Leland guy. He's in the know.