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Inquiry Into RIAA's Piracy Crackdown Tactics

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the sanity-checks dept.

MongooseCN writes "Sen. Norm Coleman started an inquiry to check the RIAA's tactics on attacking online music swappers. He believes the RIAA's tactics may not be taking into consideration the damage they do to innocent people. It's good to know that someone remembered people in the US have Rights." As a former roadie, Senator Coleman doesn't oppose file sharing penalities, he merely wants to make sure the punishment fits the crime.

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  1. Here's how to contact Norm Coleman by Warpedcow · · Score: 5, Informative

    Send you ideas, thanks, whatever to Norm here:

    http://www.senate.gov/~coleman/contact/index.cfm

    This is what I sent, short and simple:

    Thank you for taking a stand against the ridiculously strong-armed tactics that the RIAA is taking against innocent people. $15K to $250K per song is "Cruel and Unusual"

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    moo
  2. Ahem. NOT. by 72beetle · · Score: 5, Informative

    Bush got more votes, so Gore lost. Simple as that. Get over it, quit whining and move on.

    How soon they all forget.

    Gore won the popular vote - he had more ballots with his name on them.

    Bush won the electoral college - he won more states.

    'Sheep, thought I.' - Anthony Burgess

    -72

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    -Those who dance are considered insane by those who can't hear the music.