RIAA Training Video Making its Rounds on the Net

February 20, 2008 by Lukas Gilkey



Someone got their hands on an RIAA training video and uploaded it for everyone to enjoy. The description reads as follows:

"This training video, made by NDAA-TV, was sent by the RIAA to prosecutors across the nation. This torrent includes a rip of the DVD, and a scanned version of the letter which was sent along with the DVD. Quite frankly, the entire thing is freaking hilarious. It has convinced me never to participate in the violation of intellectual property laws ever again. Right after this torrent."

According to Wired.com, the video has surveillance footage, the basic how and where illegal music is available, and my favorite... "qualifying an RIAA investigator as an expert."

I found the video on Pirate Bay, and the torrent link is below.
RIAA Training Video: Prosecution of Music Piracy (704mb)

Oh the irony of downloading a RIAA training video via Pirate Bay, I love it.

Source: Wired
Source: Pirate Bay
Comments (6)
ngsm13 9 months and 4 days ago

HAhahaha, this is great!
Dave Kay 9 months and 4 days ago

In a related story, Prince and The Village People are now suing Pirate Bay. Supposedly they want ABBA to join them. It will of course be fruitless. TPB isn't TorrentSpy or Demonoid. There's just no stopping them.
lukas 9 months and 4 days ago

I just saw something today that everytime someone tries to shut down or go after Pirate Bay, the publicity just gives them more traffic and more money in turn making them even stronger. Funny how that works out.

If I recall correctly, last I heard they were making something crazy like $4million a year.
ccdoggy 9 months and 4 days ago

Pirate bay is a totally different animal to go after. Its really amazing how much pressure the RIAA put on Sweden to actually go after them.

I am watching the video right now and its pretty obvious how behind the times they are. I would have thought this alright for mid 90s' but no where close to what they need to do now. They flat out fail.

Pirate bay makes allot of money, which normally i would be pissed about but they are fighting the good fight and really deserve the money they make.
lukas 9 months and 4 days ago

I saw the clip on gizmodo where the guy says people who pirate music and sell it tend to package the CD's with crack. Then they go on to say music piracy is associated with murderers and terrorism.

LINK

Still downloading the whole video.
ccdoggy 9 months and 4 days ago

and that it does $4.5 Billion in damage world wide, thats only hard copy sales. I would love to see the number they put to digital piracy.

I would pay to be on a jury for one of these cases.
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