said by MyDogHsFleas:What this has to do with piracy, I don't know. Somehow the idea's gotten twisted around that if you pirate, you are somehow making a noble gesture against the RIAA. Um, no.
Unless of course you go public and declare, "I, Joe Blow, stole ONE THOUSAND SONGS from the RIAA! And I distributed them to FIVE THOUSAND PEOPLE! Here's my address and phone number and ISP user ID!" Now that would be making a statement.
But of course, that's not what people do. They don't want to be caught getting something for free and distributing it to others that they should be buying. (I'm trying hard to avoid the words "trafficking in stolen goods" here.)
It's all a rationalization. It's not about teaching the RIAA a lesson for the exact reasons you mention.
