Boycotting the RIAA?

Vikingod · Mar 2, 2007, 01:01 AM

Source: ExtremeTech
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I have been thinking a lot recently about the RIAA boycott organized by the gadget blog Gizmodo. They're fed up with the RIAA's actions regarding DRM and lawsuits, so they're trying to get all their readers and everyone else who will listen to spread the word: Don't buy any album or online song published by a label that is a member of the RIAA for the entire month of March. The logic goes like this: The RIAA cares most about money and least about their customers or their rights, so if you hit them where it hurts the most (the balance sheet), they'll start to listen. Maybe.

bug77 · Mar 2, 2007, 08:40 AM

That guy doesn't know what he's talking about. You never buy a tune or a movie, you always lease the right to listen to/ watch it.

Mar 2, 2007, 01:01 AM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Boycotting the RIAA? Source: ExtremeTech __________ I have been thinking a lot recently about the RIAA boycott organized by the gadget blog Gizmodo. They're fed up with the RIAA's actions regarding DRM and lawsuits, so they're trying to get all their readers and everyone else who will listen to spread the word: Don't buy any album or online song published by a label that is a member of the RIAA for the entire month of March. The logic goes like this: The RIAA cares most about money and least about their customers or their rights, so if you hit them where it hurts the most (the balance sheet), they'll start to listen. Maybe.

Mar 2, 2007, 08:40 AM	#2
bug77 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: around Posts: 792 Rep Power: 0	That guy doesn't know what he's talking about. You never buy a tune or a movie, you always lease the right to listen to/ watch it.