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# In the trenches against the RIAA
- URL: https://www.chrismessina.me/blog/in-the-trenches-against-the-riaa/
- Published: 2006-09-16T10:01:27.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-25T03:42:56.000Z
- Author: Chris Messina
- Tags: Civil liberties, Social justice, Society & economy

[](http://www.flickr.com/photos/factoryjoe/78615479/?ref=chrismessina.me)[Denise Howell](http://blogs.zdnet.com/Howell/?ref=chrismessina.me) [pointed](http://blogs.zdnet.com/Howell/?p=31&ref=chrismessina.me) to a [Slashdot interview](http://interviews.slashdot.org/interviews/06/09/11/1557207.shtml?tid=123&ref=chrismessina.me) with two lawyers from [Vandenberg & Feliu, LLP](http://www.vanfeliu.com/?ref=chrismessina.me) in New York who are in the precarious position of both defending against [claims](http://info.riaalawsuits.us/documents.htm?ref=chrismessina.me) wrought by the RIAA *and* [blogging about it](http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/?ref=chrismessina.me). It seems that their play by play is now [in danger of being outlawed](http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2006/09/ars-technica-comments-on-proposed-new.html?ref=chrismessina.me). Seriously. WTF. They're hitting us on all sides.