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RIAA Says No Mystery In Rash of College Complaints

Posted by timothy on from the we-were-just-bored dept.

Doug Lederman writes "As colleges receive exploding numbers of complaints from recording companies about alleged illegal downloading of music files, theories abound about whether the industry is changing its criteria, aggressively targeting users who merely make downloaded music available to others rather than actual infringers. But after weeks of silence, the president of the RIAA says No: Better technology, he asserts, is merely resulting in better enforcement."

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  1. Technology that is helping catch more criminals by hansraj · · Score: 5, Funny

    Previous technology: Flip a coin. Heads -> you are innocent.

    New_and_Improved technology: Throw a die. 1 -> you are innocent.

  2. The future? by Swizec · · Score: 5, Funny

    So how long before they target kindergartens? Those little bastards aren't buying any CD's, clearly they're stealing them!

  3. RIAA causes Mystery Rash in College by muellerr1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've always thought you should use plenty of soap and water after contact with the RIAA. You never know what you'll catch.

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  4. No Mystery by slagheap · · Score: 5, Funny

    Principal Skinner: There's no mystery about what happened to Groundskeeper Willy. Why, he simply disappeared. Now let's have no more questions about this bizarre coverup.

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  5. Re:In other words... by ari_j · · Score: 2, Funny

    The whole "we only download it because it's crap" argument doesn't hold water for me. If it's so bad, then why are people downloading it in the first place?
    I downloaded Metallica's St. Anger to find out if it was as bad as the reviews I'd heard. Turns out that it wasn't. It was far, far worse. I was going to ask if you wrote your ISP for a refund of the bandwidth.
  6. Re:In other words... by L4t3r4lu5 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Of course I represent everyone.

    Solipsism

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  7. Re:In other words... by imnojezus · · Score: 3, Funny

    RIAA: *Jedi hand wave* Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. GAH! Mixed movie metaphores! Brain... hurting! Mashups... forming!