Run Over by the RIAA Don...t Tap the Glass - The Tech

This is absolutely incredible. I don't usually write too much about politics here, but I felt this article warrants it.

If you are caught stealing, you deserve to be punished. The question raised by this article is not one of guilt—it's one of compassion. More broadly, does the punishment really fit the crime? For example, let's say that you downloaded 1,000 songs from an illegal site and were really dumb enough to turn around and share them back. Then—when you are caught—the RIAA will offer to settle with you out of court. The problem is that they ask so much of you—far more than you can in fact pay—and then expect you to make drastic changes in your life to support their untenable position.

Read the article. Then feel free to write a comment here with your thoughts. I'm curious to kow what people think about this…