Word: riaa
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...first cost, as the recording industry would have us believe, is the threat of litigation. According to The Boston Globe, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) filed suit against 261 individuals for downloading. Balance that against the Globe’s estimate of 60 million people worldwide who use Kazaa, or four million per day. 60 million divided by 261 equals virtually no chance that you’ll ever be sued. So you can breathe—and continue downloading—easily...
...shell, there is nothing the RIAA "can" do. Sure, for now they can file lawsuits against 14-year-old children until the cows come home, but there will come a point when the hilarity of that situation will in itself discredit the RIAA. It is a losing battle and unless the record industry plans on spending hundreds of millions of dollars employing hundreds of techs to keep one step ahead of the growing peer-to-peer alliance, they may as well just eat the cost they claim to be incurring now. I for one would...
...Nothing. The RIAA is going to go kicking and screaming into the night, ruining the lives of teenagers and college students until it finally goes broke, and everyone's surprised that there's still music and still musicians. Here's a better plan: There are 45 million file-sharers in the US. Why don't we elect some legislators who aren't bought by big business and get them to rewrite IP and patent laws to something a little less draconian? Josh Block Boulder, Colo...
...RIAA must do what it would not do with Napster: distribute low price music online. And they know perfectly well that, even if lawsuits could stop the sharing, people would never go back to buying CD's. They are just trying to buy two or three years in which to keep milking the high price CD cow, before giving it up. But even this limited attempt is going to fail. Alberto Rezza Italy...
...Quite simply, they can stop trying so hard. Ever since the Napster debacle, I've tried my best to steer clear of purchasing music owned by RIAA member corporations. Not only have I discovered great bands from a large number of independent labels (and yes, bought their CDs), but I've avoided putting money into the pockets of an organization that refuses to work with programmers to build a practical solution, and instead insists on using counterproductive bully tactics. J.T. Stanton II Fairfax...