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	Phil's Blogservations Monday, October 15, 2001 Posted by philgomes 4:20 PM One Man's MP3 Fiend Is Another Man's Terrorist: According to Declan McCullough of Wired News, the schizophrenic and maniacal Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) tried to grant itself extraordinary rights as part of an anti-terrorist bill. The article states that the RIAA wants the right to hack into your PC if it has "reasonable" evidence that you might have pirated MP3's in there. The bill, as originally written, would obsolve the copyright holder of any damage claims should other data (such as your personal finance spreadsheets) be destroyed in the process. I don't know what's worse: The invasion of privacy or the fact that the RIAA wanted to get away with this as part of an anti-terrorism bill. Dan Gillmor has some particularly salient commentary: "The entertainment industry just can't help itself. It sees every piece of personal technology that it doesn't control as a piracy device, nothing more or less." HOME | OBSESSIONS | FAQ | HEROES | CAREER | BLOG | CONTACT Note that the views expressed on this site do not necessarily reflect those of Phil's employer, its business partners, its clients, or anyone or anything that doesn't come from Phil.	ABOUT THIS BLOG This blog not only discusses PR and media matters, but Phil's everyday observations about a variety of topics. EMAIL phil[at] philgomes[[dot}]com SYNDICATE Feedburner ARCHIVE YAHOO! IM SKYPE WISH LIST PITCH POLICY MY PHOTOS www.flickr.com Photostream RSS Enter your Email Powered by FeedBlitz COMMENT AND TRACKBACK POLICY Comments and trackbacks are unmoderated, though I will delete the patently offensive ones. Any comments and trackbacks are the opinions of the individual writer of those comments and trackbacks, and not those of Phil Gomes, his employer, its clients, or its business partners. If you have a bone to pick, bug the people who wrote the comment or trackback.