My government is double cheating me... again.

In the US the RIAA is now prosecuting Everyone AND their grandmother for music theft. There are a lot of cases pending. First funny thing. How did they find out who was sneaking away with the music. Sounds to me like what they did was HACK THE MOST POPULAR PROGRAM for these types of file transfers. With the HACKED PROGRAM they trolled for thieves, and collected data. They went to court with the suspect data and had some computers seized. The fines for this can be HUGE. And for each instance too. Now the creators of the HACKED PROGRAM are suing the RIAA for copyright infringement.

Here's the part where the irony gets so thick you can stand a spoon up in it. It's okay to copy the songs if you're in CANADA. They ALMOST said it on the news the other night while reporting the story.

"It's still illegal to copy programs and films." was the last line of the story.

And why only here? THE BLANK MEDIA TAX. Looks like that was a good thing after all! I mean I paid for the right to copy didn't I? That money was supposed to go to guys like me. None of us will see any of it, will we?

Funny all this huh? What are we to do? The recording industry is haemorrhaging money. And why is that? It's because they've been haemorrhaging TALENT and CREATIVITY for longer. The people that actually have to MAKE the music are very tired of being ripped off.

There is evermore kids drawn to fame;

"It's all about getting the music out there".

You are going to be bitter as hell if you make it to being old. Nobody gives a fuck about you unless you represent something they can cash in on. So the truly independent go INDEPENDENT. By pass the executives, and keep WAY MORE MONEY. Sure, they don't sell as many records, but they don't HAVE too

There is also much more to do and spend money on now. Music is not as relevant to todays kids. We heard "Four Dead In Ohio" a week after Kent State, and what do they get? "It's getting hot in here". No wonder. Maybe the record industry is dying because they put out a few too many LOUSY RECORDS.

It's always been embarrassing to be a musician. An interesting new friend said it all on the phone today.

"We should all move to California and run for Governor."

It's all fucked.

And now, I think I'll go cry. I'm still so upset about the untimely death of Bennifer. I've just got to be strong.

PS. Tonight why don't you give your intellectual property a big hug. Just for no reason at all.