Let Them Eat Cake (or Pirated MP3s)
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Written By Reprise Media | May 19, 2006 | Share This
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By now most of you have heard the whining from the RIAA about the devastating effects of consumer piracy on its bottom line.
Whether you sympathize or not, here’s an interesting little essay on “Donny’s Blog” (anyone know anything more about this guy? we couldn’t find much) that helps put it all in perspective.
Wrap your head around this: The music industry would have you believe that one month’s worth of illegal downloads is costing them more than the GDP of France.
The RIAA has also been keeping busy suing XM Satellite Radio over claims that the service infringes on artist copyrights and has essentially turned the radio station into nothing more than a download service.
In related legal news, a Turkish hacker has the dubious distinction of having been behind one of the biggest hacking attacks in web history - over 38,000 sites. Read about it here.
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