Protecting the rich by hurting the customer
Let’s boycott new music CD sales and the RIAA
NJN Network, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, August 7, 2009 with story from Computerworld
The RIAA case against Joel Tannenbaum for downloading 30 songs resulted in a court award of $675,000 last week. The RIAA sued Tannenbaum under copyright law and won. Tannenbaum will probably go bankrupt.
Don’t support these thugs and bullies – listen to the CD’s you own, swap, and buy old CD’s
In June, Jamie Thomas Rasset was fined $1.92 million for downloading songs. Analysis: $1.92M fine in music piracy case could hurt RIAA
The RIAA, Recording Industry Association of America says it is protecting artists incomes which is buloney. They are protecting big record company executives and other fat cats.
The RIAA promised to end its campaign of suing customers for downloading. However, these high profile lawsuits only prove the RIAA wants to punish customers.
So many people have downloaded music, it’s hard to find someone who doesn’t have shared music on their computer, iPod or wherever.
We were having a discussion on this last week and one person said: “I never download. But if someone gives me an mp3, I don’t ask.”
That is akin to Bill Clinton admitting he puffed a joint but never bought one.
The first thing Microsoft Media Player does when you insert a new CD is starting ripping – which means you are converting the audio file to an mp3 ready for sharing.
Tannenbaum and Rasset are financial wiped out for doing what everyone is doing.
It is time to show the RIAA we don’t agree with fines, prison terms and threats against average people.
To find out how you can boycott the RIAA and enjoy more music, see the site Boycott the RIAA
RIAA CDs carry this symbol
Let’s hurt them where it matters – their bank accounts.
All we have to to is stop buying new CD’s for a month or two, maybe longer.
In our collections, we have hundreds if not thousands of CD’s. We could very simply boycott the RIAA by listening to some older music for awhile.
Even better would be to download free music from Indie musicians who don’t support the RIAA.
We have musicians in our own communities who we could support instead of Madonna and U2.
It is time to stop the insanity of punishing people for downloading music.
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