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RIAA Afraid of Harvard

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-aren't-we-all dept.

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "According to a report on p2pnet.net, the RIAA's latest anti-college round of "early settlement" letters targets 7 out of 8 Ivy League schools, but continues to give Harvard University a wide berth. This is perhaps the most astonishing display of cowardice exhibited to date by the multinational cartel of SONY BMG, Warner Bros. Records, EMI, and Vivendi/Universal (the "Big Four" record companies, which are rapidly becoming less "big"). The lesson to be drawn by other colleges and universities: "All bullies are cowards. Appeasement of bullies doesn't work. Standing up to bullies and fighting back has a much higher success rate.""

6 of 425 comments (clear)

  1. Perhaps they should hire some creationists? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Announcing the Recording Industry and Creationists Associations of America! RICAA!

  2. Of course by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Taking things that other people have made and requested payment for, then hiding behind layers of anonymity, weak rhetorical defenses and claims to the moral high ground is the epitomy of bravery.

  3. ARRRRGH! Stop the music, I want to get off! by Quadraginta · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Is there any other tech/geek/nerd topic out there other than the fucking RIAA and the fate of college downloaders?

    Christ, this must be the 65th 'story' on this that's been on the /. main page. Is there any remaining conceivable nuance and flame that hasn't been explored, yet?

    This is starting to seem like an experiment in Pavlovian reflex training. Soon, someone will come out with a nice little Firefox add-on, where as soon as you type in http://yro.slashdot.org/ and without needing to actually send out the TCP SYN packet, the screen will immediately fill with rants about the RIAA, lawyers, conspiracy theories of this and that, Ron Paul and Iraq, et cetera, already formatted and modded up 'n' down.

  4. Re:Try Freenet by westlake · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    Music and movies are regularly shared and it can only take a few hours to get a full album.

    This is the Geek stripped to the bare essentials. He wants his free flicks without the risk of being caught. Nothing more. This is the mind set of a thief. Plain and simple.

  5. Re:Dear Slashdotters by Dunbal · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Hey you know what? Fuck yourself.

    I think you're the same asshole who goes around whining when people say "Micro$oft" and "Winblowz" too, aren't you? Well I have news for you - take your politically correct agenda and SHOVE IT UP YOUR ASS. People will express themselves however they damned well please, and no one gives a shit about your whining. MAFIAA has been used for YEARS on slashdot, and it's not your sniveling that is going to change it. Have a nice day. Dunbal.

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  6. Re:RICO by couchslug · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "I'm getting pissed that popular sentiment on /. is becoming that Creationists are a bunch of evil, ignorant bastards who are out to wreck the public teaching of science."

    That's your right, but the Creationists who ARE evil, ignorant Christian Taliban are quite common and do trmendous damage. The rest by supporting Creationism form their power base like it or not.

    Creationism is not science, it is opposition to science, even if some of the Creationists are nice people.

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