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llama64 · 06-25-2010, 12:50 PM

I got no issue with legislation targetting piracy - I pay for all my media consumption thank you very much.

However, I can't abide the penalty cost the industry is attaching to things. It does NOT cost the RIAA $1000 per downloaded song. That's just abusive and morally reprehensible.

But in the end, the only real power we have as consumers is to just not buy DRM laden garbage. We actually don't need to buy any of this stuff - afterall we're just talking about luxury goods here. There are bigger messes to clean up... (hint, look in the Gulf).

06-25-2010, 12:50 PM	#47
llama64 First Line Centre Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: /dev/null Exp:	I got no issue with legislation targetting piracy - I pay for all my media consumption thank you very much. However, I can't abide the penalty cost the industry is attaching to things. It does NOT cost the RIAA $1000 per downloaded song. That's just abusive and morally reprehensible. But in the end, the only real power we have as consumers is to just not buy DRM laden garbage. We actually don't need to buy any of this stuff - afterall we're just talking about luxury goods here. There are bigger messes to clean up... (hint, look in the Gulf).