Long Arm of the RIAA

Jeff Taylor | 4.29.2003 5:07 AM

The Recording Industry Association of America spammed 200,000 users of the Grokster and Kazaa file-swapping nets with a threatening IM, Reuters reports.

Swappers were told, "When you break the law, you risk legal penalties. There is a simple way to avoid that risk: DON'T STEAL MUSIC." Subtle, real subtle.

Jeff Taylor is a contributing editor at Reason.