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The RIAA's Last Profitable Business Model: Automated Extortion?
from the it's-so-profitable dept
Michael Geist points us to Brad Templeton's email on the Interesting People mailing list, describing how the RIAA has embraced "spamigation," which he defines as the automated process of sending out mass lawsuits for those it accuses of copyright infringement. While the rest of his description isn't new, it is a concise explanation of how the process works, quite similar to DirecTV's automated suing of people from a list they got, where they made it clear to those who were being sued that it was cheaper to pay up the fine that to contest it in court, even if they were innocent. Eventually, DirecTV was sued for racketeering and the courts forced them to stop the spamigation campaign (though, we thought "extortion" campaign was more fitting). The RIAA has been similarly charged with racketeering a few times for its lawsuits -- but so far those cases haven't gone very far. In the meantime, Cory Doctorow suggests that this is the last profitable business model for the music industry -- which is a bit of hyperbole. It may very well be the last profitable business model of the current recording industry run by the RIAA, but these lawsuits will eventually be seen as a backwards blip in the progress of the industry. While the practice of automating mass lawsuit filings against totally unrelated plaintiffs is still seen as legal, eventually the RIAA will be forced to stop. It won't be soon after that people begin to realize that there are business models that work well and are profitable -- without treating everyone as if they were a criminal.
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The only way...
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Go after ThumpMobiles?
(I tinted my windows last week so I won't roast under the Alabama sun, and I've been driving around thumping.)
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I'd pay for them.
Sorry, but if someone sues me, I'm getting a lawyer and fighting it - even if it's just for the point of it.
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why not us ?
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"X", I have one from "ZZZ" and it is wonderful.
My personal message now - since the Sony CD debacle is
'do not buy anything from Sony; you cannot trust them
and their quality seems to be slipping.
Do I hear a reference to Dell batteries ( = Sony quality)!
The old Japanese idea of building the best possible was correct. The customers simple expect the best -
trying to fool them make a fool of you the company.
I went to a concert recently - people were happy to buy the CD - to support the bands.
But RIAA is not sueing for the 'band' but for their old
dead business. I suggest that next part of the boycott
is due to happen soon. i.e. I will not buy anything that
funds directly or indirectly the RIAA. This will stop the customer being treated as a criminal.
p.s. Is there a lawyer who would like to sue the RIAA
for emotional damage due to there abuse of the counrts sueing innocent people. Punitive damage like make fail.
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More then Extortion
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