speak up

[miriam_e]

I got this interesting email from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) who protect our online freedom. It is in connection with the music industry continuing with their insane law suits against people. We can't let them use attacks on the general public to maintain their horse-and-buggy business model in this motorized age.

Dear EFF Supporter:

This is astounding - in the first 24 hours, over 6,000 people have signed our petition to stop the Recording Industry Association of America's (RIAA) nationwide rampage against average Americans. Rather than working to create a rational, legal means by which its customers can take advantage of file-sharing technology and pay a fair price for the music they love, it has chosen to sue people like Brianna LaHara, a 12 year-old girl living in New York City public housing. Take a stand against the RIAA's tactics by signing our petition:

http://www.eff.org/share/petition/

Brianna, and hundreds of other music fans like her, are being forced to pay thousands of dollars they do not have to settle RIAA-member lawsuits -- supporting a business model that is anything but rational. This crusade is generating thousands of subpoenas and hundreds of lawsuits, but not a single penny for the artists that the RIAA claims to protect.

Copyright law shouldn't make criminals out of 60 million Americans, and it's time for a change. Congress is going to hold hearings; we need your help to make sure that the public's voice is heard. Tell Congress that it's time to stop the madness:

http://www.eff.org/share/petition/

We'll deliver the petition to Congress once we've hit 10,000 signatures. This is a grassroots campaign - please take the time to tell your friends and family about this issue. Thanks for support!

Sincerely,

Ren Bucholz
EFF Activist

Comments

[miriam-e.livejournal.com]

Crazy isn't it.
Good that people are telling the RIAA to go and get stuffed.
Let's hope that the industry wakes up and moves forward into the present instead of living in the past. And especially, let's hope they realise that whacking their customers over the head doesn't help their public image... or their sales.

[loco-indahouse.livejournal.com]

I know...I mean...12 year olds? Now that's just wrong. How about all those people who are standing up for what they believe in- and not doing anything to hurt anyone in the process. Isn't America the 'Free Country' or something equally absurd?