RIAA: Two Views

[Theophylact]

From The New York Times:

[Theophylact]

And from Ted Rall:

[Bob The Great]

IMO the NYtimes has it more right then the Rape Intervention Association of Afganistan. That was just out there comparing downloading music to rape... oui

The NYTimes put up some good points, but misses more fundamental ones such as playing music on your PC is illegal because it was copied once to get onto your PC and again when played (buffered into memory). Actually ripping is illegal to in that sense, but thats a bit extreme. Not as extreme as comparing it to rape, but there is middle ground. Online 1fee per month solutions are the way to be.

[SiliconJon]

That's beyond absurd to compare intellectual property crimes to violent and/or sex crimes. That's like comparing plagiarism to a nuclear attack, imo.

But that's the mentallity of those who defend such measures, as others have made such associations even in this forum.