The prestigious Security For All Admiral James Norrington award [named for the primary antagonist in Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies] for most entertaining and ludicrous battle against piracy goes to Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) CEO Mitch Bainwol for his unmitigated audacity in spinning reality well past the breaking point. In this article in techdirt honorary [...]
Posts Tagged ‘RIAA’
Following the RIAA from Pirates to Fantasyland
Posted: March 24, 2010 in general, music, professional, securityTags: Fantasyland, google, Hope for Haiti Now, music piracy, Pirates of the Caribbean, Recording Industry Association of America, RIAA
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How the TSA can be like Rihanna or not
Posted: December 19, 2009 in general, securityTags: Grinch, RIAA, Rihanna, TSA manual, wikileaks
By now everybody has heard about the most recent debacle involving the unredacted TSA manual that was leaked to WikiLeaks. In case you’ve been too busy Christmas shopping or listening to the great free holiday music posted on this blog here, here and here (with a bonus here) CBS news covered it like this. It [...]
Is suing your customers for fun and profit unconstitutional?
Posted: November 22, 2008 in general, UncategorizedTags: Charles Nesson, David Draiman, Harvard law, lawsuit, Music theft, Piracy, Recording Industry Association of America, RIAA, unconstitutional
The entertainment industry has always baffled me. That’s probably why I never became a pop star. Well that and lack of talent. Actually, I understand the entertainment part of the industry, it’s the copyright policing groups like the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) that confuse me. This group is infamous for their Gestapo-esque tactics [...]
