RIAA Offers Amnesty to File Sharers

Mister Dre writes "Apparently, the RIAA is planning to offer amnesty to file sharers who promise to delete copyrighted material from their computers. To take advantage, of course, you 'have to send a completed, notarized amnesty form to the RIAA, with a copy of a photo ID.'" Hey RIAA, how about I just stop sharing files, and we call it even? I know I own most of the CDs for the files I listen to, but I stopped buying those too so you'll know where I stand.

Comments

Re:At the end of the day

[blincoln]

Don't you think it's a little arrogant for you to speak for all musicians like that? Why not play it safe and assume that you *shouldn't* download anything except tracks from bands which publicly announce that that's what they want you to do? Because then you couldn't justify piracy on a mass scale?

Musicians need to be able to earn a living just like anyone else. Under your assumption, you are effectively telling all of them that their skills are worthless, because you aren't willing to pay them.

Re:At the end of the day

[FireBreathingDog]

I don't like the society they're creating. I want a society where people can be heard -- not greedy corporations.

I find your ideas fascinating and woud like to subscribe to your newsletter.

In the meantime, maybe you should start a web site that allows people to discuss things that pertain to technology and society. You know, discussions for dorks; shit that's relevant.