We’ve known for a long time that the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is an organization without a clue, who’s missing the boat on the evolution of the industry into an electronic medium. But their recent lawsuit against a man for ripping his legally purchased CD’s into MP3’s on his computer puts the RIAA into the dumbass hall of fame. RIAA slimeball laywer Ira Schwartz, in a brief filed earlier this month, argued that MP3 files made on a computer from legally bought CDs are “unauthorized copies” of copyrighted recordings.

What’s next? Is the RIAA going to go after everyone who’s ever copied their vinyl LP’s onto cassette tape so they could play them in a walkman or in their car?