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As I've said repeatedly the best way to force a change on the industry is through positive actions. If you don't like DRM or the RIAA, don't spend money on DRM products or RIAA label CDs. Spend money on non-DRM products and independent labels. The trick is to show that you are spending money, but not on certain things.
One reason why I like Fictionwise as a tool to help sway the publishing industry is because they have both DRM encrypted and non-encrypted ebooks. By spending money on the non-encrypted books and not spending any on the encrypted and restricted books I'm making a point that adding DRM is bad for business. If more people followed that example there would be less DRM.
Yes I think Ms. Thomas was fined too much, but she did infringe copyright and the RIAA is supposed to work toward stopping that. I may disagree with their methods, and think their interpretation of the effect of file sharing is out of line, but I have no problem with their goals.
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