Teenagers five years ago had a sense of entitlement to illegally download music and now, “We’re having to go back and retrofit those values.”
That’s Organized Music spokesman Mitch ‘The Don’ Bainwol (right) on p2p file sharing.

By ‘retrofit’ Bainwol means ’scam’. Because the OM family, fronted by Bainwol, says it’s successfully suing not only teenagers but also mums and dads and grandparents and schoolgirls into buying its music ‘product’.

These OM assertions are, however, more than mere PR / propaganda BS. They’re outright lies.

It’s been estimated that more than 61 million Americans regularly share music with each other online. Against that, OM members Warner Music (US) Vivendi Universal (France), the infamous Sony BMG (Japan, Germany) and EMI (UK) list some 16,000 US citizens who’ve received RIAA subpoenas.

Sixteen thousand against 61 million? And not one of these OM victims has ever been found to have broken any laws, civil or criminal. In fact, not one of them has even appeared before a judge.

Put into perspective, this means individuals stand less chance of being singled out by the RIAA as they do of being struck by lightning or winning the sweepstakes. And as more and more people open Net accounts, the chances become smaller and smaller. It’d be interesting to see this rated as ‘odds’ for and against.

And yet the mainstream media report, ad nauseum, repeated RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) claims that it’s successfully ‘prosecuted’ thousands of people as though they’re accurate statistics from a reputable source.

“Now, by comparison, teenagers are paying for legitimate music downloading services, such as iTunes,” Bainwol is quoted as saying in Axcess News. “They don’t have the sense of entitlement that we have had to go back to transform.”
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