Ramblings, opinions, and general meanderings from the Deep South

Friday, June 27, 2003

The following has been on Grokster's page 1 for several days:

If you have received an Instant Message (IM) warning you that you can be easily identified and face legal penalties, it is the result of our recent victory in the lawsuit brought by the Recording Association of America (RIAA). The RIAA has elected to utilize Grokster's built-in tools to send these messages to our users. As you know, Grokster does not have any control over what content (be it files or IM messages) its users exchange. The RIAA has chosen to become one of our users, and to use our software to combat illegal file sharing. If you have any complaints, please direct them to the RIAA (www.riaa.org).

Grokster dudes! This is all well and good that you want us to direct our complaints towards the music mafioso, can you give an email addy for these bozos?

I've watched the usage count for the past several days and the numbers are still about the same so not many folks are scared of threats made by the vile ones. Hey, RIAA! We're giving you the cyber finger!

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