posted on Dec, 31 2007 @ 03:52 PM
The RIAA also said it would begin sending letters to tens of millions of consumers thought to be illegally remembering songs, threatening them with
lawsuits if they don't settle with the RIAA by paying monetary damages. "We will aggressively pursue all copyright infringement in order to protect
our industry," said Sherman." target="_blank" class="postlink" rel="nofollow">(NewsTarget Satire) On the heels of the RIAA's recent decision to criminalize consumers who rip songs from albums they've purchased to their
computers (or iPods), the association has now gone one step further and declared that "remembering songs" using your brain is criminal copyright
infringement. "The brain is a recording device," explained RIAA president Cary Sherman. "The act of listening is an unauthorized act of copying
music to that recording device, and the act of recalling or remembering a song is unauthorized playback."
The RIAA also said it would begin sending letters to tens of millions of consumers thought to be illegally remembering songs, threatening them with
lawsuits if they don't settle with the RIAA by paying monetary damages. "We will aggressively pursue all copyright infringement in order to protect
our industry," said Sherman.
RIAA Declares Using Brain to Remember Songs is Criminal Copyright Infringement!