RIAA decides to stop suing their customers
An early Christmas present from the Recording Industry of America. Music Industry to Abandon Mass Suits
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They wouldn't be suing them if they were customers! :)
I'm a little annoyed by people regarding these suits. A few years ago they were suing the P2P makers and people on /. were saying (rightfully so) that the P2P makers did nothing wrong and they should be going after the people doing the infringing. Then they started going after the people doing the infringing and the commentators on /. got even louder!
That said, I'm no fan of the RIAA and I think the suits were a bad PR move. And coercing colleges to turn over student names is also terrible.
Posted by Andrew Hitchcock on December 19, 2008 at 02:29 PM EST #
Well ,well ,well, the RIAA decides to find another group of people to pressure over "control". The music industry in the last 25 years has disappointed me greatly. Back when the whole "Internet" took off and P2P got going, none of the industry leaders had the sense to pioneer the mp3 web sites for even as much to get a sample of an artist. The artist doesn't that much unless they wrote, produced and performed the album/cd themselves and didn't have to pay anyone else. This latest move by the RIAA is parallels the carding for booze at convenient stores where the clerk has to check to see if you are under age putting the responsibility squarely on someone else in the food chain.
Posted by Robert J on December 21, 2008 at 01:15 PM EST #