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October 03, 2002
The RIAA's lamest excuse ever The RIAA will clutch at any straw in their attempt to end the long established legal concept of fair use. They desperately want congress, the president, Batman, Saddam Hussein - ANYBODY to shut down peer-to-peer file sharing. They will say or do anything.
This argument, however, constitutes a hilarious new low in lameness:
"Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) chairman/CEO Hilary Rosen told lawmakers yesterday (Oct. 1) that the industry's parental-advisory labeling program is being undermined by massive downloading of unauthorized music files from peer-to-peer networks. Speaking at a House hearing reviewing music marketing and the labeling program, Rosen said that since downloads carry no stickers, the industry's efforts to "make the advisory program better are being diluted by peer-to-peer (P2P) networks."
How desperate are these people when they are reduced to urging congress to crack down on the P2P networks because they don't have those stupid "parental advisory" stickers? Is anyone at all expected to even pretend that they think the record companies are genuinely concerned about this?
