{"id":511,"date":"2002-08-20T14:55:00","date_gmt":"2002-08-20T18:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/?p=511"},"modified":"2021-05-17T15:08:21","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T19:08:21","slug":"hello","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2002\/08\/20\/hello\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello"},"content":{"rendered":"\n What is up. My name is Hilary Rosen, CEO of the Recording Industry of America, and from time to time I will be \u201chacking\u201d into websites such as this — using the tools legally entitled to us through the Berman P2P bill — so that I can talk directly to users of The Online just like you. I bet you like the rock and roll, and I bet you might have once \u201cdownloaded\u201d a music \u201ctrack\u201d onto your computer drive. Gosh, you might even have \u201cdownloaded\u201d a whole \u201cLP\u201d!!! Well, \u201cdog,\u201d unfortunately, that is stealing. What you have done is the same as shoplifting a \u201cCD\u201d at a record store. It doesn’t matter if you downloaded the album for the heck of it and never intended to buy it anyway. As a music enthusiast you are required to buy every album released in your demographic. It’s as simple as that, and, like anything in life, it’s up to you to play by the rules. I mean, what if there was some building where you could just walk in and take out books to read for free. That would be ludicrous!!! So you can see our situation. Thanks for \u201crapping\u201d with me. Talk at you later, and happy listening! Hilary B. Rosen<\/I> Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Recording Industry Association of America<\/b>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"