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  • BOYCOTT RIAA MUSIC CDs BOYCOTT RIAA CDs THIS HOLIDAY SEASON

    08/03/2003 6:02:20 PM PDT · by vanderleun · 16 replies · 295+ views
    American Digest ^ | 08/03/03 | Van der Leun
    BOYCOTT RIAA MUSIC CDs THIS HOLIDAY SEASON You have to be utterly unconnected to everything not to have noticed that the recording industry, represented by RIAA, has decided to get medieval on its customer base. The latest moronic move by this organization to halt P2P file sharing is a deluge of subpoenas and lawsuits designed to 'really teach music downloaders a lesson.' Will it work? It will for those unfortunate enough to "win" this Lawsuit Lottery. Nothing like the prospect of large legal bills and crippling fines to make the "bad" consumers of music see the error of their ways....
  • Sound and fury: It's war between record labels and downloading fans

    08/02/2003 9:26:17 PM PDT · by Not_Who_U_Think · 29 replies · 710+ views
    The Warped Tour is a little slice of heaven for teenagers. Several dozen punk bands are crammed together for one long day, shredding eardrums with their sonic assault, and thousands of kids from all around metro Atlanta thrash and mosh and crowd-surf on an asphalt sea of litter, sweat, flesh, tattoos and black T-shirts. This is the spirit of rock 'n' roll, of instant gratification and anti-authoritarianism. And it's that very spirit that has the entire music business shaking in its Doc Martens. Because you're hard-pressed to find a kid at Warped who isn't downloading -- illegally, for free, sometimes...
  • Worried about a music lawsuit? Check here

    07/27/2003 6:11:06 AM PDT · by Pern · 125 replies · 374+ views
    The Houston Chronicle ^ | July 26, 2003 | Dwight Silverman
    Nervous music file-swappers who worry they may be on the list of 871 people targeted by recording industry subpoenas now have a Web site where their fears can be allayed -- or confirmed. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a non-profit group that fights for personal and privacy rights in cyberspace, has set up a Web site that lets users of file-sharing services check to see if their screen names have been targeted for legal action by the Recording Industry Association of America. According to information on the site, the data is gathered from electronic court records and may not be complete....