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Quite frankly, every single person should be taking part in this. </p> <p>I mean, it should be pretty easy to hop on board. A boycott is practically made for lazy people. All you have to do is not do something. Hell, I’ve been not doing things for years! (That includes buying albums released by RIAA members.) So, I don’t want to hear any whining.</p> <h3>Why?</h3> <p>If you’re unfamiliar with why people hate the RIAA so strongly or why this boycott is a necessary, look no further then the overview below.</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.arancidamoeba.com/mrr/problemwithmusic.html">Underpaying and taking advantage of the very artists its member companies represent</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/RIAA-price-fixing-settlement-delivers-dud-CDs-to-libraries.html">Fixing prices on their products</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/05/riaa_sues_the_dead/">Going lawsuit-crazy all over the faces of its own consumers</a> for <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35669">unnecessarily crazy amounts of money</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://www.eff.org/IP/DRM/Sony-BMG/">Invading personal privacy and compromising or damaging personal property in the name of enforcing copyright</a>.</li> <li>Blaming poor financial trends on <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn4831">unfounded digital piracy claims</a>.</li> <li>Making governments support RIAA member company’s dying business models with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_copying_levy">a tax on every blank CD or piece of recordable media their citizens buy</a>.</li> </ul> <p>That’s just the start of it all. Dig around and you’ll find issues dealing with mix tapes, pre-litigation, and all kind of <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,47552,00.html">really</a> <a href="http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/">bad</a> <a href="http://www.orbitcast.com/archives/new-senate-bill-targets-satellite-radio.html">legislation</a> that the RIAA has helped to draft. </p> <h3>How?</h3> <p>Go to <a href="http://www.riaaradar.com">RIAA Radar</a> if you want a list of what not to buy. And, If you live in a country like Canada, I guess you should also avoid buying blank CDs. <img src='http://www.use-bombs.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_confused.gif' alt=':-?' class='wp-smiley' /> </p> <p>So, allow yourself to be lazy for once, don’t do anything, don’t go out and buy that CD you wanted; all crippled with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Rights_Management">Digital Rights Management software</a>. And, if you really feel the need to get up and do something, go donate to a foundation like the <a href="http://www.eff.org/">EFF</a>.</p> <p>Whatever you do, do it knowing that we as consumers have a responsibility to correct the current situation.</p> </div> </div> <div class="post comment" id="postLinks"> <h3 class="commentHeader"><a name="comments"> </a>No Comments »</h3> <ul class="postOptionList"> <li><a href="http://www.use-bombs.com/archives/2007/03/use-bombs/support-the-cause/trackback/">Trackback</a></li> <li><a href='http://www.use-bombs.com/archives/2007/03/use-bombs/support-the-cause/feed/'>RSS</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="post"> <div class="avatar"> <p>Sorry, this discussion is currently closed.</p> </div> </div>  <div class="post" id="postBox"> <h3 class="commentHeader">Leave a Comment »<a name="respond"></a></h3> <div id="addcomment"> <a id="addcommentanchor" name="addcommentanchor"></a> <form action="http://www.use-bombs.com/wp-content/plugins/openid/openid-comments-post.php" method="post" id="commentform"> <p> <input type="text" name="author" id="author" value="" size="30" tabindex="1" /> <label for="author">Name (Required)</label> </p> <p> <input type="text" name="email" id="email" value="" size="30" tabindex="2" /> <label for="email">E-mail (Required, never displayed)</label> </p> <p> <input type="text" name="url" id="url" value="" size="30" tabindex="3" /> <label for="url"><acronym title="Uniform Resource Identifier">URI</acronym> (A website address)</label> </p> <p> Or post a comment with LiveJournal/DeadJournal/<a href="http://openid.net">OpenID</a>:<br/> <select name="openid_type" id="openid_type" tabindex="4" onchange="document.getElementById('openid_name').style.background='#fff url(http://www.use-bombs.com/wp-content/plugins/openid/openid_icons/' + document.getElementById('openid_type').options[document.getElementById('openid_type').selectedIndex].value + '.gif) 2px 1px no-repeat';"> <option value="lj" selected="selected">LiveJournal User</option> <option value="dj">DeadJournal User</option> <option value="openid">Other OpenID</option> </select> <input type="text" value="" name="openid_name" id="openid_name" tabindex="5" style="background: #fff url(http://www.use-bombs.com/wp-content/plugins/openid/openid_icons/lj.gif) 2px 1px no-repeat; padding-left: 22px;" /> </p>  <p> <textarea name="comment" id="comment" cols="70" rows="10" tabindex="7"></textarea> </p>   <div id="postHelp"> <p>Line breaks and hyperlinks are added automatically. 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