RIAA Police Force

[Dark Fox]

http://www.laweekly.com/ink/04/07/news-sullivan.php

Soon, they will control us all.

[Captain Red]

FREEZE CITIZEN!!

[Mr. Woot]

those people go overboard too much about things........

[Captain Red]

this reminds me of that epersode of south park...

[Disorder]

Relax RIAA, it's just music! Music, not RPG's, M16's or homemade explosive devices, just music.

[Ultraviolet]

JEEZ FUCK. If these guys ever rush me, I will claim in the end that my actions were in self-defense. I mean, a bunch of guys run at you, and you know you aren't doing anything wrong, so they must be attacking, right? If they aren't REAL law enforcement, I figure you're within your right to defend.

[NiGHTMARE]

What's the betting more corporations get their own police force in the future?

In fact I'm suprised Microsoft hasn't already :|

Damn, looks like we've just taken then another step towards all those sci-fi films where governments are replaced with corporations (e.g. Robocop) coming true...

[myk]

Nah, that would hurt their business; they'd rather just nudge and influence the authorities. The RIAA is just becoming paranoid since the tech conditions are killing the record labels' monopoly over the distribution of music recordings.

[Julian]

Cyberpunk heading our way.

[Ultraviolet]

Julian said:

Cyberpunk heading our way.

Haven't I been saying that for the past year? I swear, you people can look it up, I've been saying that here and on IRC for a while now.

[Dark Fox]

Blessed be the makers of peer guardian..

[NiGHTMARE]

No-one's said it yet, so I will...

"OMG it's teh warez police!!!!111 (sort of)"

[dsm]

NiGHTMARE said:

"OMG it's teh warez police!!!!111 (sort of)"

Heh, Mordeth is way ahead of them - he's like the first Warez police officer according to one of Liam the Bard's DW Jeopardy "stories", heh.
:-P

[The Ultimate DooMer]

NiGHTMARE said:

What's the betting more corporations get their own police force in the future?

In fact I'm suprised Microsoft hasn't already :|

Damn, looks like we've just taken then another step towards all those sci-fi films where governments are replaced with corporations (e.g. Robocop) coming true...

I think the corporations already have their own police force...isn't that what the White House is these days?

But yeah, I've always said that the dark future is getting closer.

NiGHTMARE said:

No-one's said it yet, so I will...

"OMG it's teh warez police!!!!111 (sort of)"

Not required of course, at least while we have those warez-seeking missiles...

(ps: why is 'show sig' always off by default now?)

[Remilia Scarlet]

Two things came to mind when I read that. The first was Escape from LA for some reason, and then the episode of the Simpsons where Homer tries to start a computer business out of his home and Microsoft comes and takes him over. Something really is wrong with the RIAA if they're getting to be like this. I'm already starting to wonder when they'll start kicking down the doors of peoples' homes just because they burnt a CD. Cyberpunk really is starting to settle in, it seems. Or at least dipping its toes in the water.

[Ultraviolet]

DJ_Haruko said:

I'm already starting to wonder when they'll start kicking down the doors of peoples' homes just because they burnt a CD.

In this state I will be well within my right to kill.

[Psyonisis]

Does any regular person support or respect this organization anymore?! ARGH!

[Sephiroth]

Disney has its own police force, and has had it for years.

yea i am surprised microsoft doesnt have a police force.

[Grazza]

Psyonisis said:

Does any regular person support or respect this organization anymore?! ARGH!

The aims? Definitely. The methods? Not sure.

[DoomDiz]

Disney is the face of EVIL!!

And how come we can't share music. Sharing is one of the first things we all learned in 1st grade. Now everybody says we can't?!?!?

[Ralphis]

DoomDiz said:

Disney is the face of EVIL!!

And how come we can't share music. Sharing is one of the first things we all learned in 1st grade. Now everybody says we can't?!?!?

Why is disney the face of evil?
Sharing free music yes, but some people's jobs rely on their records being sold.
You are an idiot.
But I also download music

[Sharessa]

I download music, but I always buy the albums (or delete the album I downloaded if it sucks).

[Quast]

the RIAA has over the last 18 months built up a national staff of ex-cops to crack down on people making and selling illegal CDs in the hood.

bahahahaha....oh damn!...can't...stop...laughing

anyway, if you stop breaking the law, you have nothing to worry about. Simple.

[Lizardcommando]

Wow, I just like predicted that the RIAA will organize some sort of police force back in September! Shit, I bet this "secret police" work the same way as the Gestapo! They'll persecute everyone who downloads warez! They'll probably be picking off random "suspicious-looking" people and have them beaten and tortured! ...Farfetched, aint it? Heh, it would be funny (in that crazy assed way) if it wasn't far from the truth with the RIAA Police force.

[Dark Fox]

cut the middle man, more money for the artist and a lower cost for us..

[Sephiroth]

Ralphis said:

Why is disney the face of evil?

Disney is prehaps more ruthless than 10 microsofts and RIAA. Disney has their hands in alot of stuff you dont know about.

the man him self was also rather twisted. he was paraniod and hated jews and blacks. prior to WW II, he like many high up business people, supported hitler's views. however he didnt support them to the extent that say Henry Ford did, and he didnt have factories in germany (also like ford)

though alot of rumors u hear are fairly bogus there are some really bad things that have gone on.
porn smuggling, if u could call it that, had been a major problem at disney theme parks. people would film in the dressing rooms and bed rooms. one incendent the park officials knew yet did nothing for 6 months.

Also just like microsoft they have done everything to milk everything for every penny they possibly could.

[Sharessa]

"A large percentage [of the vendors] are of a Hispanic nature," Langley said. "Today he’s Jose Rodriguez, tomorrow he’s Raul something or other, and tomorrow after that he’s something else. These people change their identity all the time. A picture’s worth a thousand words."

He might as well have said "I hate those fucking wetbacks". Would have come out the same in the end.

[Ichor]

Two words: Fahrenheit 451

[AndrewB]

Ralphis said:

but some people's jobs rely on their records being sold.

Some people's jobs rely on shoddy 3rd-world slave-labor products being sold as well. It doesn't mean that people should be forced to buy them.

[Naked Snake]

Bring it on.