Comment Use the market, Luke (Score 1) 197
If the evil empire or the RIAA/BPI or the devil with whom they are in league wishes to stamp on people, the quickest, not to mention cheapest way of getting redress is to use the market and encourage mass abstension from purchases of their products.
A form of words like:
"I will no longer purchase materials wholly or partly produced by RIAA members, and will ensure that others have sufficient information to make their own choice..."
might be useful. An internet blacklist of RIAA material would have a wonderful calming effect on copyright hotheads. After all, even a monopolist faces some kind of demand constraint. Something like:
"We are your customers. And you know those people you want to f**k with? That's not us."
might do wonders to concentrate minds on the real issue.