Fuck the MP double A!

I'd like to record my frustration with the recording industry as it stands currently. Since the advent of P2P programs like Napster, groups like the RIAA and the MPAA have been in a worse nose dive than Goose from Top Gun.


I'll admit that my first actions upon getting cable internet in 7th grade were as follows:

1. download "Blue" by Eiffel 65 off of Napster
2. W411h4x for 15 hours on Counter Strike
3. Spend 10 hours on passwordhq.com attempting to gain access to chickswithdicks.com (go somewhere else for a link you sick fuck).

Charles Dickens said it best when describing these days of smut and glory: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times". You could download the entire first 10 minutes of American Pie and spend an hour jerking it until your computer froze and you discovered the Trojan virus that was attached to part 4 of 38. Then the RIAA had conniption fit.

As their market share plummeted (20% in 8 years in fact) the recording industry decided instead of evolving as their forbearer's had done through the vinyl, the 8 track and into the CD, they would fight change as any sensible company would do. Through legal action. Metallica led the way, suing their presumably former fans into insolvency for daring to download "Enter Sandman" so they could time their sexual gyrations to the beat throughout their masochistic fantasies.

The days of Morpheus, BearShare, Naptster and KazAa were over. They traveled west to the undying lands, resurfacing in the giant known as BitTorrent. The RIAA and it's cohorts have gained the upper hand in the past five years, attacking pot smoking college students, middle aged abortionists and senile grannies for daring to dream that their Yanni six disc collectors edition could one day be theirs for free. But the industries' days are numbered.

Today the unambiguously named Oregonian reports that a woman has won a six figure settlement from the RIAA for being mistakenly persecuted for downloading music. While many believe this to be a minor hiccup in the gluttonous feast the industry has prepared, I think it's something different. People are tired of getting bombarded with cease and desist letters. They will fight back and they will crush these industries the only way they know how. By buying an abandoned oil rig and setting up a BitTorrent host as to avoid any international litigation.

Viva La Revolucion!