Posted by pooter on 10/24/05 02:03

Technobarbarian [d_murry-ztopzpam@excite.com] said
>
> "pooter" <a@bff.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1dc64a758d0432fb989f9f@nntp.dsl.pipex.com...
> > Technobarbarian [d_murry-ztopzpam@excite.com] said
> >> LOL, you keep watching this stuff like there's going to be some
> >> sort
> >> of magic bullet. If someone does find a real loophole the RIAA will buy a
> >> fix very quickly.
> >
> > Do you not see that that is exactly why it is so interesting.
> >
> > It is one thing to get prosecuted because you have broken the law but
> > quite another when the charge is trumped up by an organisation that
> > believes they can buy convictions regardless of what the law actually
> > says.
>
> They don't have to buy convictions or trump up charges--they buy laws.
> Which is exactly what makes this case so boring.

You think that is boring?

If that is a common attitude, then I guess that explains how come it is
allowed to happen.

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