[Free-sklyarov-uk] [Eurorights] RIAA Wants Background Checks on CD-RW Buyers

Julian T J Midgley jtjm at xenoclast.org
Thu, 1 Nov 2001 11:47:18 +0000 (GMT)


On Thu, 1 Nov 2001, someone rather more alert than me, wrote:

> >
> > To read this, you'd think it was April 1st..., but no - they're serious.
> > Recently, the RIAA has been making itself look so ridiculous I'm beginning
> > to think they are doing so deliberately.  Haven't worked out what their
> > cunning plan is yet, though.  Answers on a postcard, please...
>
> Err. BBSpot is a satire site. None of their news is real.

Doh! - just doing my usual morning trawl of mailing lists, and didn't look
so closely. Apologies to all, and all credit to bbspot for making it just
plausible enough.

Julian
(note to self- don't trawl mailing lists till after coffee)

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