from the incredibly reliable news site The Onion:

The Recording Industry Association of America announced Tuesday that it will be taking legal action against anyone discovered telling friends, acquaintances, or associates about new songs, artists, or albums. “We are merely exercising our right to defend our intellectual properties from unauthorized peer-to-peer notification of the existence of copyrighted material,” a press release signed by RIAA anti-piracy director Brad Buckles read. “We will aggressively prosecute those individuals who attempt to pirate our property by generating ‘buzz’ about any proprietary music, movies, or software, or enjoy same in the company of anyone other than themselves.” RIAA attorneys said they were also looking into the legality of word-of-mouth “favorites-sharing” sites, such as coffee shops, universities, and living rooms.

I love the “unauthorized peer-to-peer notification of the existence of copyrighted material”, lol. I wonder, just how far away are we from this scenario? I bet three years ago people would have thought the current Sony rootkit debaucle would be equally as absurd. “Sony infects our computers with rootkits to prevent copying songs! Thats crazy talk!!”

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Why am I writing an entire post about a Flash ad I saw on some site? Because I can! There, now that that’s settled I’ll continue. Maybe you have seen this in your web surfing before but I thought it was pretty funny/clever. While this ad has absolutely nothing to do with a PSP (which it is advertising for), it’s creative enough to actually make me want to click on it. It makes me think of a cross between “Paperboy” and “Grand Theft Auto”. Maybe something like “GTA: Suburbia”. Wow, that sounds fun doesn’t it?

Actually want to see the ad? (No, I am not getting paid for this)