The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is on a rampage, launching legal attacks against average Americans from coast to coast. Rather than working to create a rational, legal means by which its customers can take advantage of file-sharing technology and pay a fair price for the music they love, it has chosen to sue people like Brianna LaHara, a 12 year-old girl living in New York City public housing.
Brianna, and hundreds of other music fans like her, are being forced to pay thousands of dollars they do not have to settle RIAA-member lawsuits -- supporting a business model that is anything but rational. This crusade is generating thousands of subpoenas and hundreds of lawsuits, but not a single penny for the artists that the RIAA claims to protect.
Copyright law shouldnt make criminals out of 60 million Americans, and its time for a change. Congress is going to hold hearings; we need your help to make sure that the publics voice is heard. Tell Congress that its time to stop the madness!
We have 27862 signatures so far. Weve passed our goal of 10,000 - this is amazing! Anyone who signs the petition over the weekend will have their name on the document we deliver to Congress. Make your voice heard!
Sign the Petition! @ Electronic Frontier Foundation
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