I’d not be surprise if that post would be considered some crazy legal bullshit like ‘conspiracy to commit copyright theft’ or ‘incitement of theft’ with an insane mandatory 20 year prison stretch for each count.
eh, that’s the great thing about america, you’ll do more time for copying a movie than for setting a retarded kid on fire. That’s what i call priorities.

Support the “other” labels and artists. Buy their music – it’s better product anyways…

Just my opinion. Your mileage may vary.

The cartels first off think you are a thief. No one that thinks otherwise would come up with such a scheme to protect the goods and at the same time expect the customer to just accept it as part of the deal. Anyone that buys these substandard products is just asking for more trouble where they least expect it. In a world where a fresh install of windows isn’t expected to last through the install and upgrade patch process before being attacked by hackers and probes, these sort of methods by well known and what should be respected companies is just unbelievable to the average Joe that just wants to play his music. As was said, “It’s your product, it isn’t your computer” and this is part of where these businesses are losing it. After the Sony debacle, I no longer trust any of these companies not to try and insert malware of some sort on my computer. No matter the name or the method, no matter how it is presented; a rose is still a rose and a pigs ear is still a pigs ear. Hiding it in a 1000 word or greater EULA, written in legalise isn’t what I call respected either (nor is not directly mentioning what will be done in the EULA). This sort of behavior should, if our lawmakers were really truthful about it, trigger a legal requirement that a popup, plain and simple, tell the user of any intented modifications to be done to their computer and directly ask for a yes or no. Further, if you say no, that’s what it means. It doesn’t mean no today and yes sometime in the future.

This sort of slimy underhanded tactics are what I have come to expect from the industry and it is a sign that things have gone far to far in their favor. They are to the point of its ok to do anything to your computer in the effort to collect every last penny.

Meeting and exceeding your customer base expectations should be the goal of any business that is intending to have a future. By the contrary, those that don’t meet those expectations will suffer the result of such. Is it any wonder that p2p is gaining and continues to gain inspite of all that the cartels are doing and attempting to do?

And what ever happened to Kevin M. Clement ?

SunnComm hires Sony BMG guy
http://p2pnet.net/story/7068

http://djtechnocrat.blogspot.com/2005/11/eff-files-class-action-lawsuit-again.html

-Todd