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On the RIAA blog was another comment:

"World Copyright Summit: protecting intellectual copyright is vital to America's future economic health and strengthening our nation's competitiveness in the global economy..."

Bah! Who is able to prove that argument has merit?
How would protecting an illusory concept of "intellectual copyright" help anyone but the narrow interests of copywrong proponents? Secondly, the whole IP idea itself smells bogus because it is not substantive. Does it refer to the brain's creative force or potential? The notion of harnessing the capacity to create content -- that there exists an inherent right to not have mind-generated ideas copied -- who is the source of such sillyness, and who is promoting it? THAT'S what deserves attention.

In addition to the concept of IP being supported by the music, film, and book industries, there are those who consider IP to be a repressive tool for globalists who want to further a future world government that they prefer to call "a new world order".

~~~Here's the question, is [Duckworth's analogy of] standing on a street corner giving away FREE cd's a crime? ~~~~

Duckworth might claim it's an infringement for me to give away some music records at a garage sale.
If the RIAA were to contend that the difference between my garage sale and what Jammie did is Jammie's music was not purchased, therefore she had no right to (knowingly or unknowingly) offer it free to others...then that would be tantamount to admitting a priori that Duckworth's street corner analogy -- which didn't say the CDs were burned copies -- is spurious.
Or, IF they say, yes, that I am a copyright violator, then how can that be possible? I purchased what should be the right to play or use as a frisbie or even give away my copy of the music, didn't I? But if such rights don't reside with a consumer's copy of a CD, what statute or case law says so?

The truth is that Duckworth's analogy IS wrong-headed, one way or another! Admittedly, standing on a street corner SELLING burned copies of CDs would be an infringement [cringe, "piracy"], but NOT giving away copies that were purchased.
Duckworth might have wanted things both ways, though: not admitting that aspect, but still wanting to cast disdain on what Jammie did. A judge would (or should) rebuke Duckworth in a court of law!

To modify a little street-corner vernacular, Duckworth is full of B.S.

The RIAA suffers from diarrhea of the Mouth, or is it DiaRIAA of the mouth?

I bet the RIAA member's personal physician is a proctologist, because they specialize in problematic assholes.

definition of a colonoscope:

a long tube with a camera, connecting two assholes.

Funny musings from their website:

"
Q: Should devices such as CD burners be outlawed since they are an easy way of making illegal copies of others creative efforts?

Devices and technology are not the problem. It’s when people use technology to break the law that we take issue.

"

This is such a blatant truck of bullshit, the RIAA has constantly gone after the technology.