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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
This just in. The RIAA and the MPAA are demanding that Congress pass legislation banning this kind of technology, citing piracy concerns.
20 posted on 06/18/2002 7:09:31 AM PDT by Dimensio
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To: Dimensio
The RIAA and the MPAA are demanding that Congress pass legislation banning this kind of technology,

What are they afraid it might capture their souls, oh wait, all you need is a AppleII with 64K.

21 posted on 06/18/2002 7:13:35 AM PDT by StriperSniper
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To: Dimensio
This just in. The RIAA and the MPAA are demanding that Congress pass legislation banning this kind of technology, citing piracy concerns.

Back in the mid-80s, the RIAA actually attempted to outlaw digital music altogether, making it illegal to put music into digitized form, a little fact seldom reported in these post-Napster times, but true.

23 posted on 06/18/2002 7:45:12 AM PDT by beckett
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