Jan 22, 2007 8:00 AM

The NY Times David Pogue's Ode to the RIAA

New Page 1 Sung to the lyrics of the Village People’s YMCA, Pogue penned this tribute tothe lawsuit-happy RIAA. Here’s an excerpt: Young man, You were surfing along, And then, young man, You downloaded a song, And then, dumb man, Copied it to your ‘Pod, Then a phone call came to tell you: You’ve […]

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