Because if there is anything they understand in Redmond, it's getting things done by flexing a little muscle.

if anything but governments were involved in it? Why does all of this ACTA stuff sound so much like "conspiracy"?

Maybe they can find a way for MP3's to degrade with every play so they can again compete against the turntable?

And the broadband companies take legal action to prevent private citizens and communities from creating their own broadband systems why?

Are they talking all men or just some men? I would be fairly shocked if they weren't already smarter than at least some people.

What a cool idea! Maybe before that they can tax sneaker companies to support their wooden shoe industry though!

And as I've said before, if you are still paying for music you are financing this travesty! Attempting to alter peoples behavior by means of destructive acts (I don't care if killing through bombs or through financially destroying them) is terrorism and if you are paying for music you are financing terrorism.

That is one compelling reason to not upgrade to Blu-Ray, if you ask me.

I still use AvantGo on my iPaq. That's how I get the news to read at work. :(

The actions of the RIAA are nothing short of terrorism focused on those people that enjoy music and financed by those people that pay for music. Just like Al-Qaeda being financed by the buyers of opium and other related drugs. As long as some people are still paying for music these attacks will continue. We need to wipe out RIAA's financing!

The longer they make the terms for copyright protections the less relevant they become. Why don't they just make them last until the end of time and be done with it, and make the protections retroactive until the beginning of time while they're at it.

I don't see it. The tool would be the internet, the computer, the torrent client. I would think a better comparison to Pirate Bay and piracy would be the phone book and serial killers. Both are nothing but lists of possible victims with their addresses.

I think the more interesting question is the if Pirate Bay is liable for copyright violations without themselves actually violating copyright, are media companies liable for violent crimes violations without themselves actually committing violent crimes? A large part of modern cinema and music quite obviously glamorizes violent behavior, shouldn't action be taken against the media companies for these, now that this precedent is in place?

As long as they're pulling things out of their butts, why not add global warming and the japanese whale hunting?

Maybe it will involve skinning puppies or pulling the horns off unicorns? Perhaps ripping the wings from butterflies? There must be and endless supply of ideas for the RIAA, given all their experience.