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RIAA Offers Amnesty to File Sharers

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the turning-yourself-in dept.

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.

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  1. How long until SCO tries this too? by daveo0331 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I could see SCO offering an "amnesty" program: Delete all copies of Linux that you have and promise that you won't ever violate SCO's copyright again, and they won't sue you.

    Now I understand the real reason why Microsoft is supporting SCO by buying their licenses.

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  2. Re:Not where I live they don't by rkz · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    i can get to back to mine in 4 lefts.

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  3. Re:At the end of the day by drooling-dog · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    the equation can be represented as 2w=xr, where x is equal to the number of wrongs necessary to equal a right

    Not to pick nits or anything, but I think your equation should be xw = r...