Thursday, May 04, 2006

RIAA News: Austin is a 'Piracy Hot Spot'?

Beware! The RIAA Minions (tm) are headed to Austin!

Somehow, there's something about the RIAA's sneaky and underhanded tactics that make me think they just make this stuff up, or more likely, simply associate "piracy hot spot" with any decent-sized city with a good tech business undercurrent.

David Miller writes on internetnews.com:

In a report released on Wednesday, the RIAA, cited 12 piracy "hot spots" -- Atlanta, Austin, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Providence, San Diego, and San Francisco -- where " multi-state criminal operations" are producing and selling bogus CDs.

The RIAA plans to work with law enforcement and deploy its own investigative resources in these cities in the coming year, said RIAA spokeswoman Jenni Engebretsen.

More here.

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