Today’s atrocities found in my mailbox include the following links, courtesy EFF:
Clear Channel Finds Another Way to Abuse Artists: Patents
And, well, this is just plain sick :
– RIAA Suits Keep Rolling (Over People)
USA Today has a sad snapshot of Tammy Lafky, a single mother
whose 14 year-old daughter downloaded music and who now faces
up to $540,000 in damages from a music industry lawsuit. An
RIAA flak points out that the suits are supposed to teach
people that file sharing is “wrong.” Not that there’s anything
wrong with bankrupting a single mother…right?
http://www.eff.org/cgi/tiny?urlID=200
This article just about proves that RIAA is wrong.
And if you’re looking for a good read, head over to http://www.freeculture.org
and download a copy of “Free Culture” by Lawrence Lessig.