RIAA nominated for "Internet Villain of the Year"

Joey Patterson writes "Slyck reports that the UK's Internet Industry Awards organization has nominated the RIAA for its Internet Villain of the Year award because they support "'right to hack' proposals and other unworkable solutions to curb copyright abuse"." Congratulations to them on being nominated for this prestigious and appropriate award ;)

Comments

Only nominated?

[cybrpnk2]

You mean they expect more nominations, and didn't just go ahead and award them the prize?

new villians on the block

[saintan]

boris and natasha are going to be pissed.

Re:new villians on the block

[Guppy06]

"boris and natasha are going to be pissed."

Nah. After the collapse of the communist bloc, they had their names legally changed to "Jack Valenti" and "Hillary Rosen."

Re:new villians on the block

[Snork Asaurus]

Hey, Rocky! Watch me download a tune of the 'net.

Awww Bullwinkle, that trick never works!

Presto!

(click) RRRROOOOAAAARRRR!

No doubt about it, Rock. MS audio stinks.

I'm going to congratulate them...

[smack_attack]

...nah, I'm just going to be complacent about it like everyone else and keep buying CDs. Hooray for unchecked capitalism and industry lobbying.

Re:I'm going to congratulate them...

[glwtta]

"CDs"? "buying"?

In other news...

[JessLeah]

...the sky has been nominated for the prestigious "Big Blue Thing" award...

The RIAA won't win this because...

[vudufixit]

1. It doesn't have a handlebar moustache to twirl
2. It doesn't shoot its own henchmen to prove how evil it is
3. It may be incorporated, but it isn't corporeal enough to die of impalement, the default method of bad guy death since the heyday of 70's action films.

Re:The RIAA won't win this because...

[BAKup]

2. It doesn't shoot its own henchmen to prove how evil it is

No, they just convince their henchmen to shoot themselves...Generally up with drugs so they OD, but you catch my drift.

Re:The RIAA won't win this because...

[RoboOp]

In addition...
4. No volcano fortress.
5. Hillary Rosen doesn't carry a cat to stroke.
6. No sharks. But they DO have lawyers with 'frickin laser beams' attached to their heads.

Re:The RIAA won't win this because...

[charon_on_acheron]

[Image of Hillary with her hand in her lap, stroking her pussy.]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !

To: RIAA

[SuperBug]

From: Santa

I hope this little award shows just how much very you're appreciated. Merry Christmas and have a happy New Year.

Santa Clause

P.S. I still haven't seen any royalty checks for "Santa Got Run Over By a Reindeer."

Re:To: RIAA

[IIRCAFAIKIANAL]

I thought that was Grandma? And I think Santa would spell his own name correctly (for some reason I typed that as Satan the first time - freudian (sp?) slip?). Anyhow, here's a better one - course, it's a parody so I doubt Santa is entitled to any money:

The Night Santa Went Crazy by "Weird Al" Yankovic
Down in the workshop all the elves were makin' toys
For the good Gentile girls and the good Gentile boys
When the boss busted in, nearly scared 'em half to death
Had a rifle in his hands and cheap whiskey on his breath
From his beard to his boots he was covered with ammo
Like a big fat drunk disgruntled Yuletide Rambo
And he smiled as he said with a twinkle in his eye,
"Merry Christmas to all... now you're all gonna die!"

The night Santa went crazy
The night St. Nick went insane
Realized he'd been gettin' a raw deal
Something finally must have snapped in his brain

Well, the workshop is gone now he decided to bomb it
Everywhere you'll find pieces of Cupid and Comet
And he tied up his helpers and he held the elves hostage
And he ground up poor Rudolph into reindeer sausage
He got Dancer and Prancer with an old German Luger
And he slashed up Dasher just like Freddie Krueger
And he picked up a flamethrower and he barbequed Blitzen
And he took a big bite and said, "It tastes just like chicken!"

The night Santa went crazy
The night Kris Kringle went nuts
Now you can hardly walk around the North Pole
Without steppin' in reindeer guts

There's the National Guard and the F.B.I.
There's a van from the Eyewitness News
and helicopters circlin' 'round in the sky
And the bullets are flyin', the body count's risin'
and everyone's dyin' to know, oh Santa, why?
My my my my my my
You used to be such a jolly guy

Yes, Virginia, now Santa's doing time
In a federal prison for his infamous crime
Hey, little friend, now don't you cry no more tears
He'll be out with good behavior in 700 more years
But now Vixen's in therapy
and Donner's still nervous
And the elves all got jobs
working for the postal service
And they say Mrs. Claus,
she's on the phone every night
With her lawyer negotiating the movie rights

They're talkin' 'bout - the night Santa went crazy
The night St. Nicholas flipped
Broke his back for some milk and cookies
Sounds to me like he was tired of gettin' gypped

Wo, the night Santa went crazy
The night St. Nick went insane
Realized he'd been gettin' a raw deal
Something finally must have snapped in his brain
Wo, something finally must have
snapped in his brain
Tell ya, something finally must have
snapped... in his brain

How to let people know the RIAA is evil?

[mcmonkey]

Their icon should be a dog with shifty eyes.

Re:How to let people know the RIAA is evil?

[psycht]

Their icon should be a dog with shifty eyes

But Hillary Rosen is already on their website.

Re:Why not?

[SpoonMeiser]

how about:

/.*(villian of the year)/

even?

In Soviet Russia

[jwilcox154]

RIAA nominates You for "Internet Villian of the Year"

Oh,

Wait a second, that's this country, never mind.

In response...

[hermescom]

After hearing the news, an RIAA spokesman stated that the accusations were ridiculous. He then twirled his mustashe and broke out in a bout of uncontrollable laughter.

The REAL villain of the year...

[_bug_]

anyone who posted a link to goatse.cx

Re:Spell checking is wonderful

[Jace of Fuse!]

I've stopped buying everything. I'm protesting everyone. Having no job helps.

Re:And the award goes too....

[azcoffeehabit]

here let me fix that..

$perl -pi -e s/Rodam/Rosen/g parent.post

Re:This is getting silly

[EzInKy]

I couldn't agree with you more...assuming that everyone who uses your product is going to steal it is one of the most irritatingly exasperating stances an organization can take. I just today had a real world experience of that very nature at Best Buy purchasing a DVD player as a present for my daughter's family.

I went through the check out lane, paid for my purchase, had the player in my cart and looking at the receipt on my way out the door when a kid on a power trip in a yellow tee-shirt comes up to me demanding to see the perfectly visible receipt. I said no and continued walking towards the door and he took the damn DVD player out of my cart and said "then you don't get this!"

Talk about pissed...I did end up showing him the receipt, got MY Dvd player back and headed straight for the return counter. Of course, the lines there were long, and I just said fuck it and left with the player.

The power trip the kid at Best Buy today was on is the same power trip that the RIAA is on. It's about control and subjugation to their will.

And the nominees are....

[Anonymous Coward]

• Billy Gates
• Al Gore
• Lars Ulrich

Sadly the nomination resulted in an indictment

[gelfling]

But on the upside when RIAA came to the podium to accept it's award it was struck with 200 trillion tons of flaming shit sent down from heaven.