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Friend Or Foe: RIAA Radar

Posted by timothy on from the think-you're-doing dept.

CrookedFinger writes "RIAA Radar is a bookmarklet that helps users find out if an album was released by a member of the RIAA. This will make it a bit easier to decide whether my purchase would fund attacks on my rights or support a plucky independent..."

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  1. Wow by NeuroKoan · · Score: 4, Insightful

    words can not describe how useful this may be. I ran some of my recent cd purchases through the RIAA radar, and I didn't buy a single RIAA release :)

    But that was just by accident, not by any concious decision to boycott the RIAA. This tool, on the other hand, will make it a whole lot easier to decide what music to buy and what music not to buy.

    Props to who ever wrote this.

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    1. Re:Wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Might be useful if someone made a similar program for Palm/WinCE/Zaurus to use when you're in a regular brick-and-mortar store.

  2. Excellent. by NegativeK · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'd just like to point out to people that according to this site, a band may not stick with just one label. A lot of Prodigy's stuff seems to be RIAA tainted, but Jilted Generation is not. In short, if you want a CD, check to see if its under RIAA grips instead of going off of other albums you've seen/may have.
    Major props to the creator of this program; I can now feel purchase a replacement of my old Jilted Generation without convulsing from guilt. =)

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