>Then came the RIAA.
>The RIAA went to the U.S. Congress and said "WE OWN THE MUSIC".
>Congress recoiled in horror and said "Ok, take what you want". Soon the
RIAA
>was shutting down internet sites.
>One by one they fell. MP3.com, Napster, Kaaza, Morpheus, Winmx, and as
these
>giants fell users tried to crawl out from the wreckage and re-establish
>their normal lives again. But nothing was ever the same again.
>The RIAA didn't stop there, soon streaming audio became subject to huge
>royalty charges and then bit by byte, free music on the internet became
a
>thing of the past.

>Soon after The RIAA designed  a chip that Congress decreed was to be
>included in all computer motherboards. The chip prevented any
unauthorized
>copying of any type of media. In fact the chip prevented any type of
>unauthorized sounds or pictures from coming out of your computer.
Cassette
>decks, VCRs, CD & DVD burners, floppy, zip or hard drives along with
>photocopiers became illegal to use or possess. Indeed any machine that
could
>produce a copy of any kind became a forbidden product.
>The world slowly fell silent. Media of any kind, authorized or
unauthorized
>became too expensive or dangerous to possess.
>The RIAA Special Forces Unit would stop people on the street and arrest
>those found in possession of music or media. Those arrested were held
in
>detention until such time that the legitimacy of the media could be
>determined. People who innocently whistled a tune were reported and
then
>whisked away before the tune became recognizable.
>Offenders were rarely heard from again.
>Small pockets of resistance sprang up from time to time but most
resisters
>existed in a dwindling underground.  Living outside society, clinging
to an
>antiquated idea that music or any sort of creative media belonged to
the
>people.

>In the end the RIAAs dominance over the control of copywritten
materials
>came back to haunt them and after a few generations music no longer
>exsisted, never to return, there was no need for the RIAA. But the
power of
>control is a precious thing and once you have it....well you know where
it
>leads ("my precious").
>The thing that the RIAA failed to see is that, in order to control the
music
>they had to control the lives of very people who gave the music life.
The
>consumers.
>The End.........or is it.

>All fiction aside now. Do you think this scenario is far fetched?
>Think about it. How far are YOU going to allow them to go?
>You are under attack now. Take action, NOW.
>The RIAA has.
>The Bunkster

>--
>bunky_boy
>All Bunk, All The Time
>putmynameinh...@hotmail.com

> Then came the RIAA.
> The RIAA went to the U.S. Congress and said "WE OWN THE MUSIC".
> Congress recoiled in horror and said "Ok, take what you want". Soon the
RIAA
> was shutting down internet sites.
> One by one they fell. MP3.com, Napster, Kaaza, Morpheus, Winmx, and as
these
> giants fell users tried to crawl out from the wreckage and re-establish
> their normal lives again. But nothing was ever the same again.
> The RIAA didn't stop there, soon streaming audio became subject to huge
> royalty charges and then bit by byte, free music on the internet became a
> thing of the past.

> Soon after The RIAA designed  a chip that Congress decreed was to be
> included in all computer motherboards. The chip prevented any unauthorized
> copying of any type of media. In fact the chip prevented any type of
> unauthorized sounds or pictures from coming out of your computer. Cassette
> decks, VCRs, CD & DVD burners, floppy, zip or hard drives along with
> photocopiers became illegal to use or possess. Indeed any machine that
could
> produce a copy of any kind became a forbidden product.
> The world slowly fell silent. Media of any kind, authorized or
unauthorized
> became too expensive or dangerous to possess.
> The RIAA Special Forces Unit would stop people on the street and arrest
> those found in possession of music or media. Those arrested were held in
> detention until such time that the legitimacy of the media could be
> determined. People who innocently whistled a tune were reported and then
> whisked away before the tune became recognizable.
> Offenders were rarely heard from again.
> Small pockets of resistance sprang up from time to time but most resisters
> existed in a dwindling underground.  Living outside society, clinging to
an
> antiquated idea that music or any sort of creative media belonged to the
> people.

> In the end the RIAAs dominance over the control of copywritten materials
> came back to haunt them and after a few generations music no longer
> exsisted, never to return, there was no need for the RIAA. But the power
of
> control is a precious thing and once you have it....well you know where it
> leads ("my precious").
> The thing that the RIAA failed to see is that, in order to control the
music
> they had to control the lives of very people who gave the music life. The
> consumers.
> The End.........or is it.

> All fiction aside now. Do you think this scenario is far fetched?
> Think about it. How far are YOU going to allow them to go?
> You are under attack now. Take action, NOW.
> The RIAA has.
> The Bunkster

> --
> bunky_boy
> All Bunk, All The Time
> putmynameinh...@hotmail.com

> Then came the RIAA.
> The RIAA went to the U.S. Congress and said "WE OWN THE MUSIC".
> Congress recoiled in horror and said "Ok, take what you want". Soon the
RIAA
> was shutting down internet sites.
> One by one they fell. MP3.com, Napster, Kaaza, Morpheus, Winmx, and as
these
> giants fell users tried to crawl out from the wreckage and re-establish
> their normal lives again. But nothing was ever the same again.
> The RIAA didn't stop there, soon streaming audio became subject to huge
> royalty charges and then bit by byte, free music on the internet became a
> thing of the past.

> Soon after The RIAA designed  a chip that Congress decreed was to be
> included in all computer motherboards. The chip prevented any unauthorized
> copying of any type of media. In fact the chip prevented any type of
> unauthorized sounds or pictures from coming out of your computer. Cassette
> decks, VCRs, CD & DVD burners, floppy, zip or hard drives along with
> photocopiers became illegal to use or possess. Indeed any machine that
could
> produce a copy of any kind became a forbidden product.
> The world slowly fell silent. Media of any kind, authorized or
unauthorized
> became too expensive or dangerous to possess.
> The RIAA Special Forces Unit would stop people on the street and arrest
> those found in possession of music or media. Those arrested were held in
> detention until such time that the legitimacy of the media could be
> determined. People who innocently whistled a tune were reported and then
> whisked away before the tune became recognizable.
> Offenders were rarely heard from again.
> Small pockets of resistance sprang up from time to time but most resisters
> existed in a dwindling underground.  Living outside society, clinging to
an
> antiquated idea that music or any sort of creative media belonged to the
> people.

> In the end the RIAAs dominance over the control of copywritten materials
> came back to haunt them and after a few generations music no longer
> exsisted, never to return, there was no need for the RIAA. But the power
of
> control is a precious thing and once you have it....well you know where it
> leads ("my precious").
> The thing that the RIAA failed to see is that, in order to control the
music
> they had to control the lives of very people who gave the music life. The
> consumers.
> The End.........or is it.

> All fiction aside now. Do you think this scenario is far fetched?
> Think about it. How far are YOU going to allow them to go?
> You are under attack now. Take action, NOW.
> The RIAA has.
> The Bunkster

> --
> bunky_boy
> All Bunk, All The Time
> putmynameinh...@hotmail.com

> Then came the RIAA.
> The RIAA went to the U.S. Congress and said "WE OWN THE MUSIC".
> Congress recoiled in horror and said "Ok, take what you want". Soon the
RIAA
> was shutting down internet sites.
> One by one they fell. MP3.com, Napster, Kaaza, Morpheus, Winmx, and as
these
> giants fell users tried to crawl out from the wreckage and re-establish
> their normal lives again. But nothing was ever the same again.
> The RIAA didn't stop there, soon streaming audio became subject to huge
> royalty charges and then bit by byte, free music on the internet became a
> thing of the past.

> Soon after The RIAA designed  a chip that Congress decreed was to be
> included in all computer motherboards. The chip prevented any unauthorized
> copying of any type of media. In fact the chip prevented any type of
> unauthorized sounds or pictures from coming out of your computer. Cassette
> decks, VCRs, CD & DVD burners, floppy, zip or hard drives along with
> photocopiers became illegal to use or possess. Indeed any machine that
could
> produce a copy of any kind became a forbidden product.
> The world slowly fell silent. Media of any kind, authorized or
unauthorized
> became too expensive or dangerous to possess.
> The RIAA Special Forces Unit would stop people on the street and arrest
> those found in possession of music or media. Those arrested were held in
> detention until such time that the legitimacy of the media could be
> determined. People who innocently whistled a tune were reported and then
> whisked away before the tune became recognizable.
> Offenders were rarely heard from again.
> Small pockets of resistance sprang up from time to time but most resisters
> existed in a dwindling underground.  Living outside society, clinging to
an
> antiquated idea that music or any sort of creative media belonged to the
> people.

> In the end the RIAAs dominance over the control of copywritten materials
> came back to haunt them and after a few generations music no longer
> exsisted, never to return, there was no need for the RIAA. But the power
of
> control is a precious thing and once you have it....well you know where it
> leads ("my precious").
> The thing that the RIAA failed to see is that, in order to control the
music
> they had to control the lives of very people who gave the music life. The
> consumers.
> The End.........or is it.

> All fiction aside now. Do you think this scenario is far fetched?
> Think about it. How far are YOU going to allow them to go?
> You are under attack now. Take action, NOW.
> The RIAA has.
> The Bunkster

> --
> bunky_boy
> All Bunk, All The Time
> putmynameinh...@hotmail.com

> Once upon a time the world was full of music, beautiful music.
--
> bunky_boy
> All Bunk, All The Time
> putmynameinh...@hotmail.com

> I make that: Europe 3, North America 2, Asia 1.

> You were saying about foreign administrations?