> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.chrismessina.me/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # RIAA says "EFF You iPod rippers!" - URL: https://www.chrismessina.me/blog/riaa-says-eff-you-ipod-rippers/ - Published: 2006-02-16T00:19:59.000Z - Updated: 2026-03-25T03:34:32.000Z - Author: Chris Messina - Tags: Civil liberties, Society & economy, Technology [](http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004409.php?ref=chrismessina.me)Man oh man oh man. *Man oh man!* Seriously, could the RIAA [make it any easier](http://www.boingboing.net/2006/02/15/riaa%5Fcd%5Fripping%5Fisnt.html?ref=chrismessina.me) for us? Listen fellas, yeah, youze guys with the stogies up in your crystal palace puffin away and chucklin' to each other about how you're going to 'crush' those 'infringers'... Yeah, seriously, ya know what, [we're sick of being abused by you](http://flickr.com/groups/efftheriaa?ref=chrismessina.me). We're sick of being fed your garbage -- of the idea that you think that you control everything and can dictate the rules of my use of your "product" long after I've bought and paid for it. Look, I dunno what planet you guys think you're on and what legal system is going to end up supporting your stilted worldview, but it doesn't even matter. Because you're *irrelevant*. You're *meaningless*. What you're doing is like a slow train wreck euthanasia; we're all watching you pen your own demise, over months and months of screwing your best customers. I mean -- it's *so* [painfully clear to us](http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060220-6218.html?ref=chrismessina.me)! Why is this not obvious to you? Oh oh, okay, I know -- you're saying "well, we can afford to be the bad guys and get everyone's hate-ons directed as us because we've got players in bed with us that could smite you without even thinking about it." And you know what, while that's true, you're still not getting it. Because I'm just one paucitous individual. Get rid of me, [two will fall in line](http://www.last.fm/group/Music%2Bfans%2Band%2BMusicians%2Bagainst%2Bthe%2BRIAA?ref=chrismessina.me) to replace me. Take them out, [four more](http://downhillbattle.org/?ref=chrismessina.me). And [on](http://ipaction.org/campaigns/ipod/?ref=chrismessina.me) and [on](http://www.copyrightcriminals.com/?ref=chrismessina.me). *That's* what you don't get. And when you start [screwing with people who own iPods](http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004409.php?ref=chrismessina.me), *holy crap!*, you're unleashing a wrath far more powerful than the DOJ or your own fatcat legal hegemons: the MySpaceXangaLiveJournalOrkut kids *and their* [*parents*](http://www.dslreports.com/forum/news,67576?ref=chrismessina.me). So don't say we didn't warn you. Since, yeah, it'll be our eyes that you'll be staring up into questioningly as you realize that you've taken yourself out. --- ### 💬 Comments from the original post **[blog.forret.com » Blog Archive » The RIAA shoots itself in the foot again](http://peter.smoothouse.com/2006/02/16/the-riaa-shoots-itself-in-the-foot-again/?ref=chrismessina.me)** · 2006-03-08 04:07:16 \[...\] What is so special about this is that the music industry has something that most industries would die for: passionate consumers. It’s not as if we buy music because we ran out of them (like toilet paper) or because the old ones aren’t any good anymore (like newspapers). We have developed a taste, we have artists we love and others we hate, we know the names of people behind them, we’re interested in how they live their life. There are groupies, musical subcultures, music magazines, music sites and TV stations with nothing but music. It’s a product any CEO would sell his mother-in-law for. Yet, the only thing the ‘old’ record companies seem to do with that is make their customers passionately hostile. Look, I dunno what planet you guys think you�re on and what legal system is going to end up supporting your stilted worldview, but it doesn�t even matter. Because you�re irrelevant. You�re meaningless. What you�re doing is like a slow train wreck euthanasia; we�re all watching you pen your own demise, over months and months of screwing your best customers. I mean�it�s so painfully clear to us! Why is this not obvious to you? FactoryJoe \[...\]