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RIAA & History
In the sixties, we had those reel-to-reel recorders. They were bulky, the tape was delicate, but they served their purpose -- you could tape your favorite songs off the radio (usually AM) to play back whenever you wanted.

Next, in the seventies, we had 8-track recorders. They never really caught on, because they were overcome by cassette recorders. And we had FM radio. You could make nice, stereo copies of albums or other tapes.

So here we are in the 21st century. Now it's CD and DVD recorders.

Never, not once, to my knowledge, during all these decades, have the manufacturers of these recorders, or the manufacturers of the media used (blank tapes, blank cds), been sued.

Just the users, not the dealers.
Burn, Baby, Burn!!!
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haha  timm_z | 03/23/04
Message has been deleted.  aka_z | 03/23/04
for 5000 thousand years it wasn't theft  cybershoplifter | 03/23/04
Just the law isn't...  rock06r | 03/23/04
I didn't know...  MalumRegnat | 03/24/04
Record it off digital radio channels, radio, xm-sattelite. Burn your own  maxo_z | 03/23/04
Add to that...  AbsolutelyNot | 03/23/04
And..  SC-man | 03/24/04
Not the same...  AbsolutelyNot | 03/24/04
for 5000 thousand years it wasn't theft  cybershoplifter | 03/23/04
I would like to see a study showing ............  nite_w0lf | 03/23/04
RIAA is a carry-over from the last century  jwschull@... | 03/24/04
File sharing and lower prices increases cd sales  tic swayback | 03/23/04
Australia DOES have RIAA/ARIA  rdwhitti | 03/23/04
But how have sales gone up?  tic swayback | 03/23/04
New Zealanders get Fair Use Rights  tic swayback | 03/23/04
full triel...  ryusen | 03/23/04
These are ordinary individuals  vferrara | 03/23/04
that's exactly my point...  ryusen | 03/23/04
Score: RIAA 1,000 - FileSharers 4million  I know everything | 03/23/04
4 million? Try 60 million  tic swayback | 03/23/04
Now for some good news...  cybershoplifter | 03/23/04
I fought the law and law LOST HEHEH!  XxSurvivorxX | 03/23/04
but waste...  ryusen | 03/23/04
its a good thing...  rock06r | 03/23/04
??G]V[?? Has The Downloads You Seek!!! Fight Against The RIAA and Visits Us  «åG]V[®» Fragger | 03/23/04
??G]V[?? Fragger  XxSurvivorxX | 03/23/04
??G]V[?? Website Address  «åG]V[®» Fragger | 03/23/04
RIAA=clueless  drichards1953 | 03/23/04
Well Said  buxxmaster | 03/23/04
Actually  AbsolutelyNot | 03/24/04
clueless you are...  bigpoppa | 03/24/04
Is the RIAA still stalking 12-year old girls on the Internet ???  Plain Logic | 03/23/04
If they can, they will.  spencerlmp | 03/24/04
And I still haven't bought any music, 2 yrs plus  FilledOut | 03/23/04
The winds of change  digitalfr3aky0 | 03/23/04
Somebody Should Sue Riaa  ParadigmOdyssey | 03/24/04
so lets make random picks  JWatson77 | 03/24/04
If you have complaints about RIAA!  msdead | 03/24/04
spoken...  bigpoppa | 03/24/04
thank you mr. 9 yr old  cybershoplifter | 03/25/04
Thank you! Thank You!  msdead | 03/26/04
To the 12 yr old comment...  bigpoppa | 03/24/04
Yet another alias for you-know-who  AbsolutelyNot | 03/24/04
She was a kid, not a criminal.  spencerlmp | 03/24/04
bigpoppa is a bigpooper  cybershoplifter | 03/25/04
RIAA & History  Terminal | 03/25/04
Manufactures of Recordable Media  mbentley@... | 05/27/04
RIAA can't beat Independent Artists  PenguinPowerPusher | 10/12/08
One more thing!  PenguinPowerPusher | 10/12/08

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