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   Scare tactic

   

   Anonymous Coward, Jul 3rd, 2002 @ 9:33am

   
   

   They're not going to sue everybody. They're going to wait and see if their threats are heard. If the threats are not taken seriously they'll go after someone with alot of mp3s in order to grab headlines. They'll do everything to settle out of court (for little or nothing to make sure the evil bitch/bastard takes the deal.) This way they scare people into obeying them and avoid a trial.

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   Re: Scare tactic

   

   Prashant Agarwal, Jul 3rd, 2002 @ 1:09pm

   
   

   It doesn't matter if they sue one person or a million people. The problem is that they think law suits can protect an outdated business model. These suits are basically telling consumers "This is the way it is and you're going to fucking like it." In this age of customer satifaction and responding to the market, I just don't get the music industry. They think mp3s and p2p are killing their business when in reality their business model has run its course and it's time to change. End of rant ;-)

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   Good. This *IS* what they should do.

   

   alternatives, Jul 3rd, 2002 @ 1:43pm

   
   

   Go after the individuals. They are the ones breaking the law, go after them.

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   The Smartest Move by The Recording Industry

   

   Gene Hoffman, Jul 3rd, 2002 @ 3:09pm

   
   

   To say that this is a dumb move is to say that copyrights are dumb. They may be, but for now they are the constitutional right of the copyright property owner. If you or your children are publishing copyrighted material in its entirety, you are guilty of copyright infringement.
   
   This is just as dumb as you local highway patrol cracking down on speeders. They don't get them all to slow them down, but once they get a few, people will significantly curtail their illegal behavior.
   
   Using the existing law to solve internet piracy problems is such a better solution than the Hollings bill and other dumb proposals. The way the current law works is that folks are innocent until porven guilty of copyright infringement. Publishing without permission - be it a P2P network for free, or a street corner in Brekely for free - is a violation of the exlusive right of publication for the copyright owner. "Sharers" pigheadedness is going to cost a few people very dearly. Don't let it be you?

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   Re: The Smartest Move by The Recording Industry

   

   Mike (profile), Jul 3rd, 2002 @ 3:27pm

   
   

   These are good points in terms of going after the individual rather than making everyone automatically be guilty. However, I stand by my assertion that, long term, this is one of the dumbest moves the industry can make. It will backfire on them.
   
   Here is a great opportunity for the industry to embrace file sharers and to build off of the major nodes of file sharing. Instead, they're going to throw some kids in jail who haven't taken any money out of the record companies' pockets.
   
   Trying to throw kids in jail is going to look bad. It's not (even remotely) going to stop most people from file sharing. It's just going to make the industry look worse, make people more resolved to create systems that won't let them be tracked down at all, and to eventually push the current folks in the record industry out of business.
   
   The record industry needs to realize that purposely going against what the majority of their customers wants is going to kill the industry. Someone else will come along and provide them with what they want, and if you don't think they'll remember the companies throwing some kid who only wanted to listen to new music in jail, you're wrong.

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   Anonymous Coward, Jan 29th, 2008 @ 12:59pm

   
   

   The RIAA is already sending drafts of possible lawsuits to people who they feel have pirated their music. What is extremely shocking is the excessive settlement payments that they are offereing. It is extortion and it is unconsciouble.

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