RIAA orders US Navy to surrender

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Tim Finin <finin () cs umbc edu>
Organization: UMBC http://umbc.edu/
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 10:09:09 -0500
To: dave () farber net
Subject: RIAA orders US Navy to surrender

As seen in the register:
   RIAA orders US Navy to surrender
   By Andrew Orlowski in San Francisco
   http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/28263.html

   In a timely reminder of who's really in charge here, the
   Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has
   mounted a daring raid on the US Navy.

   Acting unilaterally at the behest of the RIAA, Navy
   officials confiscated 100 computers on suspicion of
   harboring illegally downloaded MP3s, The Capital, an
   Annapolis, MD daily reports. A Naval official quoted
   confirms the raid, adding that punishment ranges from
   "court martial to loss of leave and other restrictions".

   For the RIAA, there are no half measures: you're either
   with them, or against them. So even if you're risking
   having your ass blown off for your country, there's no
   mercy. ...

and in the Capital-Gazette Newspapers (Annapolis):
   http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/live/11_23-19/NAV
and on slashdot:
   http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/02/11/24/2010223.shtml?tid=103



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