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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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  2. Did anyone else.. by Kelerain · · Score: 4, Funny

    Did anyone else read the title and think, OH MY LORD! DRM has gone TOO DAMN FAR this time!

  3. 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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  4. I don't get it by ajuda · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I don't get it, I thought that we were supposed to buy RIAA DRM CDs and then return them as "defective" -- won't that hurt them a bit more than simply not buying the CDs?

  5. Privacy Policy? by Lshmael · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Although the creator "assures us that the bookmarklet is safe," how do we know? And what is with the "Most Recent Queries" box on the right?

  6. Cool use of Amazon web services by nixman99 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I mean this seriously, not as flamebait

    1. Create a tool to help people boycott the RIAA
    2. Get said people to buy CDs through your link
    3. Profit!!