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...ability to download albums and films in a matter of seconds is a harbinger of deep trouble for the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which would prefer to turn the clock back, way back...
...MPAA declined to comment specifically on the Cisco breakthrough but said it supports technological innovation. Meanwhile, both the MPAA and the RIAA continue to fight emerging technologies like peer-to-peer file sharing with costly court battles rather than figuring out how to appeal to the next generation of movie enthusiasts and still make a buck. These younger consumers prefer to shop for movies online, watch them at their leisure on mobile devices and desktops and share them with friends. The studios and music labels have to figure out how to fit into that lifestyle, or else risk becoming obsolete...
Tenenbaum wrote a letter to the RIAA in November 2005 offering to settle the case by paying $500 and removing the files in question from his computer. The letter was redacted when presented as evidence, leaving only the paragraph in which Tenenbaum wrote that he would delete the files. Nesson asserted that this redacted letter gives jurors the impression that Tenenbaum unconditionally agreed to remove the files from his computer, when in reality he only promised to remove the files as part of the $500 settlement...
...recent years, the RIAA—an organization that represents recording industry distributors—has taken an aggressive stance against unlicensed file sharing. According to RIAA spokesperson Cara A. Duckworth, the RIAA has settled over 10,000 suits since 2003, collecting between $2000 to $3000 from each plaintiff...
...result, the RIAA has tried to use Tenenbaum as an example to dissuade other file-sharers and has employed overly aggressive tactics to that end, Nesson said...