The RIAA drafted an amendment to the USA Act — the sweeping antiterrorist bill that’s just passed into law — that would allow them to break into your computer and erase your infringing MP3s. The amendment would also immunize them from liability if they inadvertently erased critical files from your drive, even if you’d never infringed upon anyone’s rights. Unfortunately for them, their lobbyists weren’t able to convince lawmakers that such an amendment had anything to do with fighting terrorism, nor that granting vigilante powers to the gentle souls of the recording industry would further the ends of peace, justice and the American Way. Is there any other industry in the world that fears and hates its customers more than the music industry? Maybe the insurance industry, I guess. Maybe. Link Discuss