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. Read More
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
