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RIAA is making people encrypt their communications
Other·Calvin Correli·Dec 17, 2003· 1 minutes

Clay Shirky: The RIAA Succeeds Where the Cypherpunks Failed – as always, Shirky puts things in perspective. The comparison of the RIAA’s current approach to music file sharing to prohibition sounds about right. When you legislate against the interests of the general public, they find ways to circumvent legislation. When will the RIAA learn to profit from new technology instead of fight it?