You're absolutely right. It's ridiculous what these MPAA and RIAA participants will do to protect their cartel. Suing their own customers, installing rootkits or spyware or whatever it is, it goes well beyond this. I have no love for these organizations and rarely, if ever, buy music CD's and movie DVDs for this reason (as well as not wanting my money to support people like Hanoi Jane and musical "talent" like Eminem).
That's what you can do when you own Congress.