Blackmoor Vituperative

While RIAA petitions for less royalties for the artists, EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation), an organization which defends “our freedoms in the networked world” is gathering signatures for a petition urging the Congress to put an end to RIAA’s practice of suing ordinary Americans.

80,000 US citizens have already signed the document on the EFF website. The organization plans to deliver the petition to the Senate and House Commerce and Judiciary Commitees after 100,000 signatures are gathered.

EFF believes that RIAA’s tactics not only harm general public but also do not benefit artists and also that new technology is not a threat but rather RIAA should come with “a rational, legal means by which … customers can take advantage of file sharing technology and pay a fair price for the music they love.”

As the petition goes: “We oppose the recording industry’s decision to attack the public, bankrupt its customers and offer false amnesty to those who would impugn themselves. We call instead for a real amnesty: the development of a legal alternative that preserves file-sharing technology while ensuring that artists are fairly compensated.”

The EFF petition:

Take a Stand Against the Madness; Stop the RIAA!

(from allofmp3.blogs, EFF protests against RIAA tactics)