RIAA sues another 762
Posted by: [NT] on: 10/01/2004 01:27 PM [ Print | 2 comment(s) ] · 2185 views
Through their RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), the members of the Big Four record label cartel have sued another 762 people, bringing the total to close to 5,800.
What's so shameful about this is: file sharing is not going away and these people - children included - are being victimized and terrorized for absolutely no reason.
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File sharing is on the rise, no matter how many 'studies' the RIAA may commission in vain attempts to prove the opposite. And as the number of individuals sharing online increases, the chance of any one person being picked off by the RIAA decreases exponentially. As Dr Markus Giesler points out in his Theory of Collective Consumer Risk, the risk tied to Internet file-sharing is almost zero despite entertainment industry claims to the contrary. "Downloaders are generally less likely to expect a stern warning, expensive lawsuit or even criminal prosecution, the more those around them are doing the same," he says. More at source website: P2pNet
File sharing is on the rise, no matter how many 'studies' the RIAA may commission in vain attempts to prove the opposite. And as the number of individuals sharing online increases, the chance of any one person being picked off by the RIAA decreases exponentially. As Dr Markus Giesler points out in his Theory of Collective Consumer Risk, the risk tied to Internet file-sharing is almost zero despite entertainment industry claims to the contrary. "Downloaders are generally less likely to expect a stern warning, expensive lawsuit or even criminal prosecution, the more those around them are doing the same," he says. More at source website: P2pNet
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MAT0 Unregistered |
#57171 Posted on: 10/01/2004 01:52 PM
"What's so shameful about this is: file sharing is not going away and these people - children included - are being victimized and terrorized for absolutely no reason." well thats thier point, to atemotize people and reduce people downloading from p2p netoworks like kazaa & emule & bittorrent. i simply hate RIAA because their moves are nefast. |
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Jules Unregistered |
#57190 Posted on: 10/02/2004 10:42 AM
"file sharing is not going away and these people - children included - are being victimized and terrorized for absolutely no reason. " Theft and burglary isn't going away, either, so should we stop persecuting that as well? |
