RIAA irony
http://www-tech.mit.edu/V126/N15/RIAA1506.html
Long version short: This girl has gotten slammed by the RIAA over music downloading (it's a copyright infraction according to them) and they're offering to settle with her for $3750. When she pleads that she's a college student with no extra money, the RIAA person she was speaking to said, basically, "Drop out of college and pay us."
Now, it's not that I feel sorry for this girl - in this day and age, in the States, you have to know that you're going to get nailed for downloading music. That's just the way it is. She never denies that she did it. And she sort of half-assed admits that she did something illegal (not that she sounds all that "mea culpa" about it.)
The part that I find really funny about all of this? At the bottom of the article is a link to "copyright and distribution information". Is that irony or just freakin' funny?
Long version short: This girl has gotten slammed by the RIAA over music downloading (it's a copyright infraction according to them) and they're offering to settle with her for $3750. When she pleads that she's a college student with no extra money, the RIAA person she was speaking to said, basically, "Drop out of college and pay us."
Now, it's not that I feel sorry for this girl - in this day and age, in the States, you have to know that you're going to get nailed for downloading music. That's just the way it is. She never denies that she did it. And she sort of half-assed admits that she did something illegal (not that she sounds all that "mea culpa" about it.)
The part that I find really funny about all of this? At the bottom of the article is a link to "copyright and distribution information". Is that irony or just freakin' funny?
posted by Blue Blankie at 9:08:00 PM
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