No matter what everyone says about the RIAA and the DMCA, we are already going down that path. I am very happy that I dont live in the US in this case. But I guess its gonna happen in my country sooner or later as we just signed a free trade agreement with the US and I guess the RIAA will lobby the US govt to include the clause in the free trade agreement when it is signed.

Its gonna be very diffcult to stop the RIAA from pushing this kind of legislation thru as they have very strong lobbies and the amounts they donate to the congressmen finances a lot of their campaigns.

I hope this is stopped but I am not putting much faith in it. Downloading mp3s of stuff that u dont own are wrong. but so is ripping people off by charging a ridiculous amount for one good song and 15 crap fillers. But they have a right to charge that amount as long as people will pay. Thats the basic rule of economics. you have to keep a balance between the price and your sales. too high a price and your sales will be too low and u lose $. too low a price and you wont make enough to cover your costs even though u sell alot. People have to learn to say no when they feel the price is too high and stop buying CDs that cost too much.

If they kept up with technology and do what apple is doing there wouldnt be such a backlash against them.