[Web4lib] Fwd: Circuits: Ode to the R.I.A.A.

[Louise Alcorn]

Don't know how many of you read David Pogue's Circuits in the NYT, but
this week's entry tickled my fancy.  Enjoy:

Circuits From NYTimes.com 
Thursday, January 18, 2007
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1. From the Desk of David Pogue: Ode to the R.I.A.A.
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Ever since I phased out my career as a Broadway 
arranger and 
conductor, I've tried to keep my toe in the showbiz 
world in 
my own peculiar way: I write new, tech-industry lyrics 
to old 
melodies. 

Here's my very latest. It's a special tribute to the 
R.I.A.A., the Recording Industry Association of 
America - the 
organization of the record companies who've decided to 
fight 
music piracy by filing lawsuits. It goes to the tune 
of the 
Village People song "Y.M.C.A." Ready? Cue the disco 
drums!

"R.I.A.A."

Young man,
You were surfing along, 
And then, young man,
You downloaded a song, 
And then, dumb man, 
Copied it to your 'Pod,
Then a phone call came to tell you:

    You've just been sued by the R.I.A.A.! 
    You've just been sued by the R.I.A.A.!
    Their attorneys say, you committed a crime, 
    And there'd better not be a next time!

    They've lost their minds at the R.I.A.A.!
    Justice is blind at the R.I.A.A....
   "You're depriving the bands! You are learning to 
steal,
    You can't do whatever you feel!"

Know what? 
They're a lawsuit machine. 
They say so what 
If you're only thirteen?
And you know what? 
They were equally mean 
To an 80-year-old grandma!

CD 
Sales have dropped every year, 
They're not greedy-
They're just quaking with fear,
Yes, indeedy-
What if their end is near, 
And we download all our music?

    They'd all freak out at the R.I.A.A.-
    No plastic discs from the R.I.A.A.!
    What a way to make friends! It's a plan that can't 
fail:
    Haul your customers off to jail!

    And who'll be next for the R.I.A.A.? 
    What else is vexing the R.I.A.A.?
    Maybe whistling a tune? Maybe humming along? 
    Maybe mocking them in a song-!

(The sound of jackboots bursting into the 
room...handcuffs...muffled cries...a columnist being 
dragged 
away... repeat and fade.)

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This week's Pogue's Posts blog:
http://www.nytimes.com/technology/poguesposts/index.html?8cir&emc=cir

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http://www.davidpogue.com



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