HBO's new series "K Street", about the inside workings of Washington D.C. will be airing episode 2 tonight (Sunday Sept 21) and the advertisements are talking about the RIAA and suing people.

Just enough of a teaser, given the current news and situations that at least 261 people have found themselves in, over filesharing. Not to mention the privacy concerns.

The K Street website has a Filesharing Poll

LOOKS like only 10% agree with the RIAA .The other 90% don't like what is going on at all!!!!!!!!!

thanks

I for one will watch it

UNBELIEVABLE!!!! WATCH THIS !

ITS ON NOW IN EAST 10:am on HBO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

pay attention to the cd

I don't get HBO. if someone could give a summary that'd be great

I loved the part with orin hatch recievng the cd
He didn't pay for it, and it was handed to him by some one who never bought it.

I also loved the part were I rec rep, said that mp3 are a lesser quality.
I know this so what is the big ****h
about downloading mp3

HBOW will be running it at 1AM EST not 1pm

THE RIAA HAS OFFICIALLY BECOME A CHARACTURE OF ITSELF.

the last line was a beauty?

"Is their a law against this somewhere?"

Man I wish I'd get HBO

I wanted to share a link.
How many of you are familiar with Freenet? I am personally not familiar with it.

http://nocensor.opennetinitiative.net/

I cant believe anyone of you saw anything NOT a funded message by the RIAA in this episode. All the 'sharers' were portrayed as imbiciles, and all the 'politicians' and 'smart people' knew how right the RIAA are in ALL of their thinking. Personally I find it offensive that this SCRIPTED DRAMA tries to pass itself off as a 'reality' show when half the people on the show are actors and it's all scripted.

I also think a whole lot less of Mr Clooney and Mr Soderburg for putting their names on this preaching pile of crap.

"File sharing is like walking into a music store and stealing a CD."

No it's not... IT'S A COPY.

I'm not walking into the Louvre and stealing the Mona Lisa when I take a snapshot of it... no, IT'S A COPY.

I haven't seen the episode myself, Boo-bah-la, but, heh I have to agree with your sentiments on this one. I only do this because Clooney and Soderburg made a point of inviting RIAA folks, aka Hillary Rosen et. crew, to K Street's premiere. That invitation itself is a statement in my book on whose side their on. They wouldn't want Hillary Rosen spitting up her cream brule on her chin out of shock, midway during the premiere. It wouldn't make for a great publicity shot.
Maybe there were a few messages that tried to depict a little of Washington's political corruption to show that it was not totally another piece of RIAA propaganda. But, when the show is being produced by RIAA mega giant AOL TIMEWARNER, owners of HBO, CNN, Warner Music, etc;...heh, I wouldn't be surprised that the show was propaganda.

Media execs know that the moving images on television,etc; are strong influencers. That's because most of the folks around won't take the time to look behind the issues and question what's placed before them.

Eh.

I didn't see this program myself.

But for someone who did, I am wondering... did anyone mention anything about how screwed up our copyright laws are (95 years for corporate owned copyright, excessive fines of up to $150,000 per violation, and questionable subpoena procedures)?

HBO is owned by time warner which is part of the RIAA nuff said

More propaganda for the money lovin folks like Clooney and the RIAA. I agree with MerylStryfe and tuggle58 - WHAT DID YOU PEOPLE EXPECT TO SEE!!!!

You think maybe we will see the poll number suddenly shift to 75% saying the RIAA is doing what it needs to?
How about an episode of K Street where all the politicians don't get re-elected because the American People get tired of them?

A classmate of mine points out tha† the fine is $250,000 Bufo, not $150,000. Just making thå† known.

I didn't see this either but I'm not surprised. What did you expect from AOL/TW?

those who are getting busted need to learn their trade better.

with some thought and creativeness they can never find us...even on open channels...what fools

I'm for file sharing, however I don't put much stock in that or any poll. Polls are not an accurate representation of the public pulse, but rather a slick tool to shape public opinion. In this case it is not slanted in the RIAA's favor, which I thought was suprising. Only one of the four options really struck me as a pro-RIAA-type answer, with the rest of the answers being either pro-file sharing or anti-RIAA in feel.

"The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) recently sued 261 music file swappers. Which answer best describes your reaction to this?

1.) People have a right to share their digital music library with others.

2.) I'm more concerned about the privacy issues raised by this crackdown.

3.) The RIAA is just doing what it has to do to protect copyrighted work.

4.) If consumers had more options to purchase music digitally, this wouldn't be a problem."

Saw the show. Pointless, rambling and offered nothing useful in the debate.

Its not the SOPRANOS
And it doesnt deal with WW2, so i was watching football at the time. LOL

I don't watch tv. Except on VHS (and rarely, DVD).

Hey, the RIAA have a bigger megaphone than us. DUHHH.

However, as Jim Morrison said in "5 to 1"; "we got the numbers".