Re: [MLUG] RIAA Hardball

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, Robert West wrote:

> I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm just about tired of hearing
> about the RIAA suing 12 year old kids for downloading music.  I would
> say American capitalism is in a sad shape when an industry attacks it's
> customers and they come back to buy more.  Why give these greedy
> bastards more money to use to prosecute more people.

You have a good point.  A few years ago when I learned how to make MP3
files, I bought *more* CDs because they were of greater value to me.
Being able to make MP3s is a really nice feature of the CD.  Now, because
the record companies are so greedy, I don't buy CDs much anymore.  They
charge way more than they ought to and they are suing people, sometimes
innocent people.  Enough is enough.

Their lying also bothers me.  They aren't suing people because they want
to help the artists and the recording studio workers.  That's a huge lie.
They aren't losing tons of money because of MP3s.  If they want us to like
them, they should lower prices, tell the truth, give us good products, and
we'll all get along.

Mike
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