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Originally Posted by Matt 26z
As for suing surfers, the RIAA has won just one of these cases (the controversial $200,000 judgment) and it went on to be entirely overturned on appeal. I believe that is the only one that has actually gone to trial. There have also been other cases thrown out before getting to trial. In other words, the RIAA hasn't won a single case.
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thats hardly the point , they got lots of news coverage and despite the fact they may have never "won" a case, thousands of people they sued settled out of court . I remember seeing an article how they managed to get a few million from out of court settlements.
Suing people isn't for the purpose of actually getting money back, its for the purpose of scaring the end user into buying the product instead of stealing it.
Besides , with my idea we arent suing real downloaders , so we will have 100% conviction rate