| So the RIAA decided to up and subpoena 200 people who share more than 1,000 files on Kazaa, with plans for 150,000 more this year, just because it lost 37% of its CD sales after 2001. To make matters clear that this is a scare tactic, each of the 150,000 that are planned to be sent out come with a clause: Destroy any copies you have of the files and sign an affadavit saying you'll never do that again, and you come off scot free. Since when did the RIAA dictate how much money it should make? Why can't it admit that people found out that paying $18.99 at Virgin for a CD of one pop single and nine tracks of fluff was a ripoff? Does suing your consumer base really endear them to the quality of your products? Gives new meaning to "buy it or else," no?
. . . whenever any government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new government, laying its foundations on such principles and organizing its powers in such forms as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. |