Ah, the Sweet Smell of Irony

It turns out that the record labels suing file-sharers for copyright violations may have committed a few infrigements themselves. The reaction from the Recording Industry Association of America makes me think about what the MLB nearly did to itself twice in the recent past:

The Recording Industry Association of America called Sharman's "newfound admiration for the importance of copyright law" ironic and "self-serving."

One might also say that the RIAA's newfound denegration of the importance of copyright law is ironic and self-serving. Or do they feel that copyright law can only protect big corporations and not The Little People? Making enemies of the people that create and/or support your business seems extremely foolish.