Thanks Window Planet for this one.. Talk about some nerve, first they want to charge us $15.00 US for CD"s, that cost about $0.02 US to produce, and about $0.25 US overall with all the production and everything. Now they want to hack our computers and delete our music that we listen to on a regular basis. If this is true, does it give us right to hack, the RIAA computers, and delete information that have on us, or any other company that chooses to hack out computer.
Look out, music pirates: The recording industry wants the right to hack into your computer and delete your stolen MP3s.
It"s no joke. Lobbyists for the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) tried to glue this hacking-authorization amendment onto a mammoth anti-terrorism bill that Congress approved last week.
A copy of an RIAA-drafted amendment obtained by Wired News would immunize all copyright holders -- including the movie and e-book industry -- for any data losses caused by their hacking efforts or other computer intrusions "that are reasonably intended to impede or prevent" electronic piracy.