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Louis D:
As much as I can't stand microsoft with this .NET crap, the recording industry association of america is equally irritating and stupid.  For a real gem of a website go to www.pressplay.com.  This is a pay service where you can download copyright protected mp3s from one label.  If you like another artist, you can try paying musicnet for the same type of shit.  I guess if you're the type that won't rip the tag off of the mattress you would do this.  I'll just go download stuff for free and buy the album if I like what I hear.  Funny, I buy albums because I like songs I hear on the radio too.  A great site made in the spirit of this one is www.press-play.net.  Go there and get a good laugh.  Does this bother anyone else, or am I the only one who is bothered by people trying to control the net?

CommonSense:
Just saw the "real" Press Play site.  WOW, is that retarded.

I've been getting exceedingly disgusted by the RIAA over the last year or so.  These dinosaurs are really out of their element when they start trying to assert their "power" in the Internet arena.  I'm hoping this will come back and bite them in the ass soon enough.  Then again, they're powerful lobbysists, and it wouldn't surprise me (unfortunately) if they get enough politicians in their pocket to pass the kinds of inherently anti-American laws they'd need in order for their reign of terror to continue to last . . .

And with this administration in power in the US right now, it'd be all too easy for them, too.    :(

Louis D:
There is a difference betweem being pro-capitalism and pro-onebusinesswithalotoflobbyingpower.  This is a distinction that needs to be made.  The music distrobution channels of the US recording industry are obsolete, and a truly free market would take care of this.  Artists would distribute their music on the internet, and they would make their money on touring and concerts.  Honestly, I do buy some albums if I like what I download on the internet.  It should work like radio.  And, if it doesn't, It proves that the recording industry is completely obsolete.  The main reason I became interested in microsoft bashing was from reading news about the way the recording industry would like to control what goes on on the net.  When I read further and found out about how microsoft and others would like to do the same things.  Then I discovered how little control over my computer I have if i'm running windows, and how vulnerable I was to spyware and other bullshit along those lines.  I now know not to foolishly sign up for passport or other things along those lines.  I've installed linux and I am learning to much.  I'm starting to study programming in C in the hopes that one day I can expand my knowledge far enough to reverse any future controls imposed on the internet.  I like the internet, and it should be for everyone.  It should never be owned by anyone.  Not .NET or the RIAA or anyone.  Fuck them.  Fuck everyone.  Fuck me too, don't leave me out.

Louis D:
Someone please tell me that there are a lot more people who get pissed about this.   And does anyone know if Kazaa can be shut down like napster?  As far as I know, it has no central servers, but the company  said that It has a way of disabling older versions of their software (which is based on MS internet explorer)  If anyone has any info on this let me know.

gump420:
While we're at it, fuck the MPAA, too! Of course, they're not doing as well as they hoped in using the courts to stop DVD copying . . .

I don't know anything abou Kazaa, but there are definitely file-sharing programs that you can download that use a decentralized approach. I've used both WinMX and Morphius; however, I'm starting to suspect Morphius of having some serious security problems, so until I investigate that matter further I'm going to avoid using it.

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