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[kdmstanton]

What is the deal with the RIAA!? In what other industry (other than the Motion Picture industry) is it considered good policy to cheat, mislead, terrorize, and invade the privacy of the customers? Eventually, we’ll get to the point that it will be illegal to even think about the new album by ‘Brittany and the Backstreet Boys,’ much less listen to

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Business As Usual

[theuberviewer]

This is simply a non-monetary way for the RIAA to fuck us over. The music industry sucked ass before there was even the thought of Napster. So even with all of the downloads, because of the way that videos were made and revenue was distributed, musicians didn't make eny money. In fact, they actually got DEEPER IN DEBT!!! So, even if it's 99 cents a pop or $15/month, there will still be people to circumvent this, and it will take decades to find and prosecute all of them. Not only is Big Brother watching, he's starting to ride our ass.

[dubwax]

Kevin, I didn't think you had it in you for politics!

[tripolisolo]

We always get the picture that entertainers in general are rolling in money. If that's true, then I don't see the big hoopla over distributing media. I still adhere to my radical notion that a garbageman is more valuable to society than an entertainer.
I dislike these ideas mainly because there is a lot of media I would never see or find because it's so rare to find, out of print, etc. Video game music CDs fall in this category, and if you tried to buy it overseas, you may end up with a bootleg anyway. And sometimes you just want to find something just to listen or watch it once, then delete it.
And in closing, "slipper slope". That is all.