http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/riaa-not-suing-over-cd-ripping-still-kinda-being-jerks-about-it/

Reports this story is bogus, that it is a simple illegal download lawsuit.

Mike

On Jan 1, 2008 2:19 PM, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> >And now our friends at RIAA say that making any copy of a CD is a
> >violation to be pursued by their bevy of lawyers.
>
> On Wednesday morning there will be mass arrests of anyone wearing an iPod.
>
> These people work in my part of town. I was dreaming of posting "Not
> Wanted" posters with their photos and descriptions of what they do for a
> living. I wonder how the larger community would react to them on a
> personal level. Would waiters start spilling soup into their laps? Would
> store clerks have accidents with their purchases? Would they have trouble
> getting served at the deli counter? "I'm sorry I'm now serving number 52.
> You'll have to wait until 51 comes back around again. I'm sorry I'm just
> enforcing the rules."
>
> In the old days it was called shunning.
>
>
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