14 DAY TRIAL // Indeed, I don't like RIAA even if I am a musician myself and have a couple of my albums online, pirated already and I play for music. These two last aspects of my life can't mean nor imply that I should like RIAA. I simply don't. And I really start to even hate it as I see the predator-like behavior this organization has put up these last days.
From the altogether lovely yet completely unfeasible ideal of obliterating music piracy and down to the crap the RIAA issues today is a long way whose milestones are the increasing "hunger" and desire for revenge of these guys.
From ridiculous lawsuits and ending up with crappy misinterpretations of crystal-clear public statements (see Steve Jobs' essay on DRM), the RIAA make themselves less and less wanted, supported, let alone understood or (god forbid) loved. I guess soon they will actually be the only ones to appreciate in one way or the other what they are doing.
Now it's time for another moment full of dung, courtesy of the RIAA. They cried their "misfortune" and people did not respond even slightly as they were expecting.
Now, what to do? The best thing RIAA could come up with was 14,500 letters of copyright infringements sent to major universities throughout US. The "you criminals!" cry has been regarded differently by various receivers.
ArsTechnica, in a material by Jacqui Cheng says that "Michigan State University forces two-time offenders to watch an anti-piracy DVD by the RIAA, and three-time offenders could face suspension for a semester".
Ohio University requires two-time offenders to face suspension, probation, or possibly a homework assignment on the topic (much worse than suspension).
Among the most aggressive, the University of Tennessee turns off Internet connections for second-time offenders until they physically take their computers to a lab where their music-sharing programs are deleted for them." Hmm, tough crap!
On the other hand, some other universities have kindly declined their interest in the matter and gently and very discretely sent out some vague "f**k-off's", of course, as academic and politically correct as the situation required. Purdue University (place 2 on the list, just under Ohio U) was the best example.
Despite RIAA CEO's, Mitch Brainwol, small rant against the whole planet and his dreams of making all students watch DVDs full of inept things, the world is sworn to remain the same.
So, Mitch, our dear little pumpkin, ease up: nothin's gonna change, man. Nothing, never! At least not in music piracy and not in RIAA not being loved by the masses. Stop it already, would you!
And now, for those interested in seeing how criminal they or their children are, the shameful list:
1.Ohio University - 1,287 2.Purdue University - 1,068 3.University of Nebraska at Lincoln - 1,002 4.University of Tennessee at Knoxville - 959 5.University of South Carolina - 914 6.University of Massachusetts at Amherst - 897 7.Michigan State University - 753 8.Howard University - 572 9.North Carolina State University - 550 10.University of Wisconsin at Madison - 513 11.University of South Florida - 490 12.Syracuse University - 488 13.Northern Illinois University - 487 14.University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire - 473 15.Boston University - 470 16.Northern Michigan University - 457 17.Kent State University - 424 18.University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - 400 19.University of Texas at Austin - 371 20.North Dakota State University - 360 21.Indiana University - 353 22.Western Kentucky University - 353 23.Seton Hall University - 338 24.Arizona State University - 336 25.Marshall University - 331
NOTE: Neither the Softpedia editor nor Softpedia encourage piracy, nor do they advocate for illegal activities. Stalin/RIAA picture credited to Worth1000.com
