Hi peeps, just popping my head in to mention the March boycott of the RIAA that’s been talked about over on Gizmodo.

Having read various horror stories about the RIAA on Digg and elsewhere across the net, it’s obvious to me that this profiteering pack are only interested in serving their own interests. The way that they are using the legal system to attack people is nothing short of shocking, and I want to voice my opposition.

The RIAA has the power to shift public policy and to alter the direction of technology and the Internet for one reason and one reason alone: it’s totally loaded. Without their millions of dollars to throw at lawyers, the RIAA is toothless. They get their money from us, the consumers, and if we don’t like the way they’re behaving, we can let them know with our wallets.

I want to echo that sentiment over here on Interweb World. I also came across an excellent post suggesting ways to support non-RIAA artists, which I recommend to you.

Both the Gizmodo article and the Unofficial RIAA blog recommend RIAA Radar, which helps you to research whether an album has been released by an RIAA record label. I also recommend switching to an Internet radio program like Pandora or Last.fm.

I don’t think realistically you’ll manage to shut these people down, but more people need to send out a message to the RIAA and major record labels that bullying consumers is wrong!

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