Today, the RIAA and MPAA will be assuming direct control of the Intertubes. There's absolutely no way this won't be funny.

The upcoming "six strikes plan" implemented by the entertainment industry and ISPs has one rather hefty and wide loophole.

Artists getting PAID?! The enemy of web music!

If our boy Dan hasn't already fully demonstrated what a ridiculous relic of an organization the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is, allow this unbelievably not from the actual Onion story to perhaps persuade you.

Our opinion on what, precisely, is killing the music industry is something we've made very clear in the past. And, whaddaya know, here comes the RIAA, with its latest figures, to prove it really is a flawed business model, and not piracy.

As you may have heard, starting July 12th, ISPs like Comcast and Time Warner and the RIAA have entered into an agreement where, if they see "suspicious activity," they'll offer a "graduated response," essentially sending you a few nasty emails and then cutting off your Internet service.

One of the problems with the whole Megaupload debacle is that even as the site was being shut down, it was revealed that a lot of its customers were actually legit and just trying to get the fourth quarter spreadsheets to their boss in a timely manner.

The New York Times today published an op-ed written by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) head Cary Sherman that's little more than a massive whine over the defeat of SOPA and PIPA that reads like a breakup letter written by a shocked, scornful former lover.

Back when I was a kid, to get an eye-popping collection of musical talent like P Diddy, Alicia Keys, Snoop Dogg, Chris Brown, Kanye West, Lil John, Jamie Foxx, Mary J Blige, The Game and Will.