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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Speaking of the record industry spooning stuff, has anyone heard the president of the RIAA spouting off about how they're suing the evil file sharers? I heard an interview with this guy yesterday, and I think that the Spanish Inquisition (and not the musical Mel Brooks version) wouldn't have been good enough at torturing and seeking out file sharers.
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While the RIAA's public statements may be a bit off the deep end, it's hard for me to be upset with them. File-sharing is costing recording companies enormous amounts of money. The long run effect of this may be that only the bubble gum bands that sell lots of albums on the first day of release are economically viable.
The RIAA and recording cos spent several years not going after consumers, just going after websites (i.e. Napster). That didn't work. They put some effort into making music available for purcahse over the internet, with mixed results (possibly too early to tell). I'm not sure that they have much choice any longer, but to put some fear into consumers. OTOH, I doubt it will be all that effective (cf. that AOL tried the same tactic against spammers a few years ago, and Microsoft is trying it now...)
Sidd(perhaps I'm just bitter because I never could figure out how to navigate KaZaa)Finch
