RIAA Claims Responsibility For Spirit Rover Silence
News satire website The Eschalot reports that The Recording Industry Association of America served notice to NASA Thursday that it is responsible for the Mars Spirit Rover falling silent. “We faced Spirit with some of its recent Internet activity,” said RIAA spokesman Jonathan Lamy, “We advised it to discontinue all transmissions until we have met with the rover’s attorney.” At issue is a particular stream of bytes transmitted by Spirit that very closely resembled four notes from a recent Christina Aguilera song, ‘Stripped’. Spirit, through its attorney, has denied any wrongdoing. Read more.
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