“Fine, you can have it!” said one executive of a prominent record label, “I give up, I’ll just collect unemployment like the rest of the country.” Another exec added, “I’ve been avoiding this because I thought food stamps were actual stamps, but they’re just like a credit card. As far as my neighbors know, I just swiped my Diner’s Club.”
For years, record companies have been battling free online music sharing, or pirating. They have taken numerous technological and legal steps to help slow down the amount of music illegally downloaded on the internet, but cannot tackle the problem. They have even gone as far as raiding pre-teens homes. “I thought she was just downloading pornography,” said a shocked parent.