The Canadian version of the RIAA [CRIA] is going to copy their American cousins and launch lawsuits against their customers. It'll be interesting to see if they get the same results up here.

It is regrettable that we'll have to take this action, but we've been forced to.

Forced to??? No, you chose to do this by your own free will. Don't these guys get it? The industry has changed, it's never going back to it's pre-Napster levels. Never. Deal with it. Launching lawsuits is nothing but a temper tantrum, it ain't gonna change anything. Except alienate the few people who still buy their product.

The CRIA has reported that Canadian CD sales have fallen by $450 million, or 23 per cent, since 1999.

These lawsuits should accelerate that trend. Dumbasses.

From this column:

Some have also wondered whether suing 12-year-olds isn't likely to just backfire and create worse publicity for the industry. Mr. Robertson, however, said in an interview that targeting such users may have actually helped spread the message and added to the 'shock and awe' of the industry's campaign. "It did escalate the media coverage somewhat," the CRIA president said.

Yes, I just love handing my money over to corporations suing 12 year olds into oblivion. The streets are so much safer now.