I'm not a big fan of Hilary Rosen (although she is no longer with the RIAA.) I certainly don't advocate ripping off bands or musicians by downloading unauthorized copies of their music.
It seems like I remember a thread here in the stratoforum where some idiot complained about getting a nasty virus when he downloaded some illegal Strato MP3's (ain't that a bitch, for him at least?).
If the cheap bastard had bought the CD at the retail level (rather than downloading it from the Wild, Wild West (www)), he probably would not have gotten his system trashed. Not having good security in place on his PC probably compounded the problem, but that's his problem.
However, I think that that the RIAA's actual attitude is that while it's not okay for individuals to rip off musicians, as long as the record label gets paid, then it is perfectly acceptable for the label itself to rip off the artists. Cynical? Yes, but that game has gone on for a long time.
It certainly would not break my heart to see the RIAA get hit with additional DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service), as they did a few years ago, or those currently trendy (and pesky) pharming attacks.
Poisoning the cache of their nameservers would also be amusing, but probably not for them.
Besides, the RIAA has a new "enforcement partner" in the form of our friends in Redmond at Microsoft. Their DRM (Digital Rights Management) tentacles are slowing enveloping the globe- via its implementation in their server based products.
On a semi-related note, I have no problem with someone protecting their intellectual property, but I am also no fan of the WGA ("Windows Genuine Advantage") spyware, either. Fortunately, most of my customers are using MS Open Business/Open License or MS Select, agreements, which do not require WGA or product activation.
I didn't, but anyone can if they want.
Hell, no. 
