Today’s your day to hassle to RIAA!
Defective by Design is today organizing “Freedom Rings”, a worldwide campaign against restrictive copyright on music purchases.
Click here for their list of phone targets, keeping in mind that a carefully thought-out voicemail will probably have more impact than leaving the message “you suck”.
I’ll be calling Graham Henderson of the CRIA later this afternoon, from my local HMV…
Ain’t no justice like internet justice!
Last week Stockholm police raided the offices of The Pirate Bay, the web’s most popular search site for BitTorrents, as most the others have already been shut down by the MPAA.
But that’s not the end of the story. Here’s what happened next:
Kudos to the folks at The Pirate Bay for winning this important victory in the battle for copyright reform. Hollywood says that file sharing is stealing; why then does it keep making crap that isn’t worth paying for?!
… If for no other reason than this quote:
“It’s hard for me to worry about the studios losing money. I’m not very sympathetic to their money problems, because they certainly haven’t been sympathetic to mine.
“When you look at one of their accounting sheets you realise you’re never going to see a penny, so if someone wants to rip them off that’s fine with me.
“If you’re going to pirate, though, make sure the quality’s good. Have some respect for what you’re pirating!”
Of course, the guy also happens to be a brilliant director. Co-inky-dink?