{"id":459,"date":"2006-07-21T00:01:03","date_gmt":"2006-07-21T00:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/http:\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/archives\/2006\/07\/2006_07_21_0801.php"},"modified":"2017-02-08T05:25:44","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T05:25:44","slug":"how-evil-the-riaa-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/07\/21\/how-evil-the-riaa-is","title":{"rendered":"How evil the RIAA is"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On a more serious note, here&#8217;s a an audio sample of <a href=\"http:\/\/defectivebydesign.org\/node\/404\" title=\"View transcript\">Ray Beckerman talking about the RIAA law suits<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/defectivebydesign.org\/about\" title=\"What's DBD all about?\">DefectiveByDesign.org<\/a>, as it&#8217;s name implies is also against <code>DRM<\/code> <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_459_1('footnote_plugin_reference_459_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_459_1('footnote_plugin_reference_459_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_459_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">1 <\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_459_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Digital Rights Management<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_459_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_459_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> itself, on grounds that I will not discuss in this post. But the bigger issue of the RIAA suing innocent people is what&#8217;s being discussed. You can skip the introduction by Peter Brown and go directly to what Mr. Beckerman is saying (at about a minute and 47 seconds into the clip)<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<!-- iframe plugin v.5.1 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"20\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/306058573%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-Blxm8&#038;color=ff5500&#038;inverse=false&#038;auto_play=false&#038;show_user=false\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>In case you need it, the transcript&#8217;s available <a href=\"http:\/\/defectivebydesign.org\/node\/404\" title=\"View transcript\">here<\/a>. If you live in the United States, <em>please<\/em> spread the word. Hell, even if you aren&#8217;t, spread it anyways. 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