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It really is this easy. Every bit of power enjoyed by RIAA, MPAA and the like is given to them by you, the purchaser and victim. You're buying your own prosecution.

Trade CDs with each other. Buy CDs and downloads directly from bands that make them available. Go to live shows of smaller bands, or even to bars/clubs. Go to live plays. Learn to play an instrument. Do anything at all except purchase new media.

The RIAA and MPAA and the companies they represent are merely middlemen who have inserted themselves into the channel. They're only essential insofar as you consider their repackaging essential. You don't need them.

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