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Original Post: The RIAA wants you
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Wants you jailed, that is - if you are caught file-sharing in unapproved ways. Check out The Register's take on this. This has all the hallmarks of a "let's make a few examples" campaign.
On Friday the lobby group that works on behalf of the large, mostly foreign-owned, music conglomerates that own the music copyrights and distribution channels confirmed that it was serving subpoenas at the rate of 75 a day on US citizens for the crime of sharing the music they love.
The Register is out of the UK, so foreign in the context of this article likely means American.
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