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ouch - what a burn
Wow, you buy your music exclusively from Apple? That must be excruciatingly painful for the RIAA - I mean to only get ~ 70cents of every dollar you are spending, plus no distribution costs. I can't believe I didn't think of that one - I bet if everybody takes your Apple-only strategy, the RIAA will go belly up in a few months.

Seriously though - I think that the sue your customer rather than rethink the business model strategy is garbage. I personally refuse to purchase anything from the RIAA as I think its time for the RIAA and the rest of corporate america to realize that the inflated profit margins need to come down. Some people choose to express their disgust through file-swapping, which is essentially a form of civil disobedience. Unfortunately, when carrying out an act of civil disobedience, one has to live with the potential consequences. In fact, it is the harshness of those consequences which is often a driving force for change.

With this being the case, you may choose to file swap as a statement, but you do so at your own risk.
Posted by: RedHat9User   Posted on: 01/21/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Note to self  nucrash | 01/21/04
Note to self  FreeBSD | 01/21/04
ahh yes...  ryusen | 01/21/04
I noticed that too...:)  cjules13 | 01/21/04
To diss or not to diss...  X Marks The Spot | 01/21/04
Hmm, careful what you ask for...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/21/04
It wasn't about asking or demanding...  cjules13 | 01/21/04
But What About Those  PottHead | 01/21/04
Shhh..  Patrick Jones | 01/21/04
Quite happy, thank you  tic swayback | 01/21/04
RIAA Police  X Marks The Spot | 01/21/04
I read the RIAA does exactly that  voska | 01/22/04
They do!  AbsolutelyNot | 01/22/04
Re: Hmm, careful what you ask for...  none none | 01/21/04
RIAA is missing the point of the argument  cliath@... | 01/21/04
LMAO!  toadlife | 01/21/04
Too true  tic swayback | 01/21/04
Buying used supports the RIAA  voska | 01/21/04
circular argument  tic swayback | 01/21/04
Not saying take away used CDs here  voska | 01/22/04
When artists will care about their profits (not RIAA)? (NT)  Vily Clay | 01/21/04
RE: LMAO  brian ansorge | 01/21/04
ouch - what a burn  RedHat9User | 01/21/04
532 down, 59,999,468 to go!  tic swayback | 01/21/04
Or: when you downloaded 113,000 songs - beware RIAA (NT)  Vily Clay | 01/21/04
Risk to be caught by RIAA is much higher a car-accident.  Vily Clay | 01/21/04
Wow, and still not inciting me to shop for music  FilledOut | 01/21/04
100% legal way to get mp3's "free"  maxo_z | 01/21/04
Thank you  Bill4 | 01/21/04
Ditto  SublimeDaze | 01/21/04
comments  tic swayback | 01/21/04
Not only that, but  none none | 01/21/04
Because of replacement.  maxo_z | 01/22/04
convinience...  ryusen | 01/22/04
my understanding;  ryusen | 01/22/04
Thuggery, not me it's just too damned confusing  voska | 01/22/04
and with dynamic IP addresses?  jfalknor | 01/21/04
The IP is still in the same range...  cjules13 | 01/21/04
ISPs Retaining Dynamic IP Logs  Scapularius | 01/21/04
They can and do purge logs quickly  voska | 01/22/04
Is the RIAA stalking 12-year olds on the Internet again ???  Plain Logic | 01/21/04
more like tossing a net and see what they get...  buxxmaster | 01/21/04
yes...  nograin | 01/21/04
(NT) I continue my boycott of purchased CD's - as do my friends.  Plain Logic | 01/21/04
um...yeah right  nograin | 01/21/04
indeed  tic swayback | 01/21/04
but...  ryusen | 01/22/04
RIAA has misread alot of consumers minds I think  Icingdeath | 01/21/04
Running scared from new technlology.  Uncoveror | 01/21/04
THE PIRATES HAVE MISSED REALITY !  realitycheck101 | 01/21/04
YEAHRIGHT needs to learn English  tic swayback | 01/21/04
This is not stealing anything  X Marks The Spot | 01/21/04
Is that you, bitty?  NoB$ | 01/21/04
Yup, it's itty bitty!! getting smaller everyday  cybershoplifter | 01/22/04
Whatever...  AbsolutelyNot | 01/21/04
You are narrowing the focus too much  Icingdeath | 01/22/04
I've downloaded hundreds of songs  voska | 01/22/04
Me to voska  cybershoplifter | 01/22/04
even metalica  ryusen | 01/22/04
These guys  ParadigmOdyssey | 01/21/04
?????????????????  Grastar | 01/22/04
There is a free  ParadigmOdyssey | 01/22/04
Actually, it was ALMOST coherent  AbsolutelyNot | 01/22/04
I think paradigm just likes to mess with our heads  buxxmaster | 01/22/04
If you like  ParadigmOdyssey | 01/24/04
millionaire on back of 1 record!!!!  zededd | 01/22/04
*sign.. sue and we keep downloading happy  M_c | 01/22/04
I did a Visualroute trace on the first IP and....  cybershoplifter | 01/22/04
Tracing the IPs and traffic volume  AbsolutelyNot | 01/22/04
good point especially upload volume  buxxmaster | 01/22/04
random inspirational solution  ryusen | 01/22/04
Another good solution  AbsolutelyNot | 01/22/04
Drat these talkbacks!  AbsolutelyNot | 01/22/04
Where the real piracy is!  AbsolutelyNot | 01/23/04
another idea  terracell | 11/13/04

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