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Here's a pretty good analysis of the RIAA's current behavior:
Bulletin boards bulge with calls for RIAA boycotts, literal CD burnings, and pledges from people who claim not to download songs (or even own computers) to stop buying music. They're lashing out against artists such as Madonna who endorse the RIAA's position. There's even a support network. Jesse Jordan, a 19-year-old student sued by the RIAA for copyright infringement, raised his $12,000 settlement (plus $5.67 extra) via PayPal donations from over 900 sympathizers.
Music fans have adopted a stance secretly shared by many in the music establishment. "Remember," a major-label marketing executive e-mailed me, "every time you download a song, you're depriving a senior vice president his expense-account dinner."
As Simon put it,
Posted by Casper at April 3, 2004 11:48 PM...[I]t's a timely and concise summation of just why the RIAA's actions over the last three years have made any impartial witness wonder if they were trying to burn down the store and claim the insurance."