Sorry for the shouting...
One particular Christmas season day found me standing near the door to the Chesterfield store, half-way greeting customers.
In walks these two airheads, arm in arm.
I ask them "Can I help you?"
The woman asks "Where can I buy mp3s?"
I had to stop my mind from killing itself just from that. "Do you mean Mp3 players, perhaps?"
"No, MP3s."
"Buying those anywhere (at the time) is illegal, not buying them is also illegal... if you have MP3s on your computer, you can be found guilty of a crime by the RIAA."
At the time, the RIAA was still doing those baseless MP3 piracy trials... so, that was my reasoning. Yes, I know now that parts of it aren't true, and may never have been, but at the time, the RIAA was being extremely hard on piracy.
One particular Christmas season day found me standing near the door to the Chesterfield store, half-way greeting customers.
In walks these two airheads, arm in arm.
I ask them "Can I help you?"
The woman asks "Where can I buy mp3s?"
I had to stop my mind from killing itself just from that. "Do you mean Mp3 players, perhaps?"
"No, MP3s."
"Buying those anywhere (at the time) is illegal, not buying them is also illegal... if you have MP3s on your computer, you can be found guilty of a crime by the RIAA."
At the time, the RIAA was still doing those baseless MP3 piracy trials... so, that was my reasoning. Yes, I know now that parts of it aren't true, and may never have been, but at the time, the RIAA was being extremely hard on piracy.
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