RIAA’s Brand-New Web Site Slaps A Happy Face On Its Legal Entanglements

noah | February 28, 2007 4:24 am

The RIAA has launched a Web site for people who want to settle their file-swapping lawsuits, and it’s exactly as cutting-edge as you’d expect. Not only does it have lots of drop-shadow graphics (check out that reflection!) and mazelike navigation, it has a schoolmarmish FAQ for confused litigation targets:

If I promise never to do this again, do I still have to pay?

Yes. The settlements are designed to recoup a very small piece of the massive damage inflicted on the music community as a result of piracy.

Incredibly, the question following this one isn’t “Even if I pinky-swear?,” nor is it “Don’t you think the ‘massive damage’ your industry has suffered is also the result the result of its executives’ greed and short-sightedness, and that your constant efforts to point fingers at everyone else while doing zero soul-searching are only making you look even more foolish? Just wondering.”

P2P_99_FAQ [p2plawsuits.com]