Music industry in 8,000 new file-share lawsuits

Shame - are they getting too much resistance from the suits in the US that they have to go after 2nd and 3rd world countries now?

Keep in mind - they hate it when you say Prove it was me. :rolleyes:
 
Oh, I think these are actually those cases where they have proof. Whether it will stand up in court in all cases in most countries is something else. They probably just use scare tactics to ensure people settle before it gets to court. But they seriously need to revise their business model. It does not help to address the symptom if the root cause (high prices) remain in place.
 
Oupoot said:
Oh, I think these are actually those cases where they have proof. Whether it will stand up in court in all cases in most countries is something else. They probably just use scare tactics to ensure people settle before it gets to court. But they seriously need to revise their business model. It does not help to address the symptom if the root cause (high prices) remain in place.
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Well the RIAA in the USA is not known to worry about actual proof! -

The RIAA lawsuits pit a small number of very large recording companies against individuals who have paid for an internet access account.

On the plaintiff's end, the owners of the underlying copyrights in the musical compositions are not involved in the case; neither are many smaller record companies.

As to the defendants, since no investigation is made to ascertain that the defendant is actually someone who engaged in peer to peer file sharing of copyrighted music without authorization, there are many defendants who have no idea why they are being sued and who did nothing even arguably violative of anyone's copyright. Defendants have included people who have never even used a computer, and many people who although they have used a computer, have never engaged in any peer to peer file sharing.

Sometimes the cases are misleadingly referred to as cases against 'downloaders'; in fact the RIAA knows nothing of any downloading when it commences suit, and in many instances no downloading ever took place.
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http://info.riaalawsuits.us/howriaa.htm
 
its a pr nightmare, sony and the likes have made themselves the bad guys. I personally will never forget the rootkit story they tried to pull. screw them all! people will make music/write software/whatever wether they get paid millions to do it or not so this idea that its destroying creativity is bs. quite frankley the current music industry stinks. its more about look, money and fame than it is about talent and artistry and thats the fault of these bastard sony/microsoft like companies.
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refusing to respect the creative work of artists, songwriters and record producers
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Can we respect them as much as the major music labels do? Then we can hold them upside down and shake the change from their pockets.

Consumers today can get music legally in ways that were unimaginable just a few years ago
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Unimaginable to those with no imagination. They were very clearly imagined a long time ago, but the vested interests in the music industry thought they could cling to their old business methods.

apart from the risks to privacy and the risks from spyware and viruses
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Or DRM. Wait, risks from spyware and DRM come from sources where you've paid for the music.

We'll see whether they make any progress using their current techniques.
 
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