At 10:48 AM 10/15/2004, Kev wrote:
Sadly (and from recent personal experience which I don't want to go into)
we're at the point where the large corporations (in this case the major
labels and their 'industry watchdogs' like the RIAA) have enough money to
effectively buy the law.
not only that.
The RIAA was spotted walking down the streets of LA impersonating cops and
threatening to shut down street vendors:
http://www.laweekly.com/ink/04/07/news-sullivan.php
"The RIAA saw it differently. Figuring the discs were bootlegs, a four-man
RIAA squad descended on his stand a few days before Christmas and persuaded
the 4-foot-11 Borrayo to hand over voluntarily a total of 78 discs. It
wasn't a tough sell."
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