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[prog]

The RIAA settled with the girl's family by taking $2,000 from them. Note that she is from a poor family living in a housing project, and didn't know she was doing anything wrong; her mom paid a monthly service fee for KaZaA, and she thought this entitled them to download whatever they found thereon.

Personally, I find this the private-sector version of the "Bring 'em on" utterance: the action which switches my stance towards some powerful domestic entity from guarded negativity to disgusted loathing, and a deep desire to make them go away.

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[popecrunch.livejournal.com]

Yeah, when I read that, I thought to myself: I am glad that now a record executive can buy a few more pairs of imported linen trousers, even at the cost of an entire family being reduced to mendicancy. Because after all, at least the rich white guys come out on top, and that's A-OK for the USA.

Grumble.

grr.

[jtroutman.livejournal.com]

I had essentially the same reaction. I really would like to take the time to write to some of my favorite artists and tell them to please get off of their record lables, because I can't buy their albums until they do. But I probably won't, because I am too busy (but I really *want to*).

I am going to make an effort to stick to non-RIAA member record lables from now on. Really.