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Bob,

People are having a passionate discussion of a topic here. There are literally hundreds of thousands of posts on this message board on any number of topics. Instead of simply picking your position and supporting it with your viewpoints, you essentially told everyone we shouldn't discuss it anymore because it's not as important as starving children in Africa. So, show me each post you've made out of 2500+ that IS more important than starving kids in Africa? I am guessing you've made more than a couple that might not be too important on anyone's measurement scale. If you have a right to make whatever posts you want without that criteria limiting you.. why do you try to place that limit on everyone else?

I am an advocate for artists and writers getting treated fairly and with people enforcing their rights to their property. If you want to work to change those laws (and many are doing just that) fine. But right now, the laws are on the side of people writing songs and owning their copyrights to those songs. I also advocate using whatever means possible to enforce those rights and collect anything possible from those to choose to violate them. 99% of the time I am at odds with the RIAA. But because I don't have to simply spew out political dogma (like people who ALWAYS take the right wing or left wing side of any issue, regardless of logic) I deal with 1 issue at a time. In this case, the RIAA is correct in taking whatever action possible to slow down and put a chilling effect out on file sharers. It's like people enforcing laws against heroin... people can still get it and still use it.. but at least there's enough enforcement to cut back a bit on the numbers who might be using it if there was zero enforcement or risk involved in using it.

So enjoy your trip to Florida.. and when you come back, I expect you won't be posting anything trivial or less important than starving kids anymore in keeping with your own stated criteria for what is worth being discussed right?

Brian