Posted by B:L on 02/27/06 02:47

If imperialist companies like Sony and Warner as well as all the other paid
people and Artist what they were worth you wouldn't have engineers and
editors sneaking bootlegs out of the back doors of studios to put them on
the market. Bootleggers are only doing what the big companies taught them to
do. steal




"donnie" <donnie@queyosepa.org> wrote in message
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> On 25 Feb 2006 13:37:19 -0800, carsss1234567@yahoo.com wrote:
>
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>>The Recording Industry Association of America is taking it to the
>>streets.
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> I know a guy who works for the RIAA and he goes into flea markets or
> car washes or whatever, looking for bootleg CDs. Actually, he buys
> one, If it's a bootleg, he has to go to the police and swear out a
> complaint. I don't think the cops at a flea market really want to be
> bothered. As long as there aren't any shootings or robberies, cops
> would prefer to take it easy. Maybe that's why he buys them lunch.
> Either way, they have to take the complaint. The RIAA has no power to
> arrest anyone. Of course, they might try to intimidate somone. In
> any event, that's how it's done here. I can't see the RIAA paying
> four of their 'agents' to bust one guy, at least it doesn't go that
> way in NY. If I see the guy again, I'll ask him.

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