That article is from 2004. If I recall, the RIAA ended up with egg on its face when the police cracked down on their little thug squad for - you guessed it - "impersonating an officer".
Not sure what the status of their mercenary unit is now, but yeah, it was a dumb idea with predictably dumb results.
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Date: 2007-06-12 06:54 pm (UTC)-- Steve hopes so... they make for great short films.
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Date: 2007-06-12 07:53 pm (UTC)Not sure what the status of their mercenary unit is now, but yeah, it was a dumb idea with predictably dumb results.
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