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Old 02-20-2008, 03:39 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by Flashpoint View Post
This video isn't about the people who steal music with illegal downloads. They are talking about real pirates - people who sell large amounts of bootleg CD's. So yeah, there probably are prior convictions and some drug contacts. Terrorist connections are a stretch, but they wanted to have a talking point for the Feds, and mail fraud isn't that sexy.

So who's really overreacting? The guys making the video, or the internet surfers pretending it's talking about downloads?
True, but with the lawsuits the RIAA have been filing and the methods they have been using, it is pretty easy to believe the worst of the RIAA.
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