RIAA’s Idiotic Response to P2P Leak Exposing Lawmakers

The ‘dangers’ of P2P software came into the light again this week after a junior staff member leaked a confidential House ethics committee report through a filesharing application, exposing investigations into more than 30 lawmakers.

For reasons unknown the RIAA was asked to comment on the news, and the anti-piracy outfit made one of the most idiotic comments we’ve seen or heard this year.

According to the RIAA the incident was “evidence of a need for controls on peer-to-peer software to block the improper or illegal exchange of music.”

RIAA’s chairman Mitch Bainwol added, “It’s now happening (in) Congress’ backyard, and that should be a powerful catalyst to enact real reforms to protect consumers.”

That’s right, because some junior staff member is stupid enough to put confidential documents in the shared folder of his filesharing client, access to P2P apps should be restricted.

If we follow this logic it’s only a matter of time before the RIAA will pledge to stop selling USB drives because people might lose them, potentially exposing confidential information.

Then, they will go after out laptops and lobby for the Internet to be shutdown entirely. That should keep us safe.