{"id":846,"date":"2009-02-27T18:44:43","date_gmt":"2009-02-27T23:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/index.php\/its-time-to-shut-down-riaa\/"},"modified":"2009-03-02T16:27:37","modified_gmt":"2009-03-02T21:27:37","slug":"its-time-to-shut-down-riaa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/its-time-to-shut-down-riaa\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s time to shut down RIAA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wiretotheear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/no_riaa.jpg\" align=\"right\" height=\"250\" width=\"250\">Ray Beckerman is <a href=\"http:\/\/recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com\/2009_02_01_archive.html#7673355462071122262\">calling for new legislation<\/a> to protect investors in tech companies from <a href=\"http:\/\/government.zdnet.com\/?p=4384\">frivolous RIAA lawsuits<\/a>. Why should investors get special treatment? The problem is not that investors are being sued. The problem is that <strong>anyone<\/strong> is being sued.<\/p>\n<p>What we need is not additional legislation to protect investors. What we need is the arrest and conviction of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.riaa.com\/aboutus.php?content_selector=who_we_are_board\">RIAA&#8217;s board of directors<\/a> under federal Rico statues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ray Beckerman is calling for new legislation to protect investors in tech companies from frivolous RIAA lawsuits. Why should investors get special treatment? The problem is not that investors are being sued. The problem is that anyone is being sued. What we need is not additional legislation to protect investors. 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