News: The RIAA Sues 482 People
 

Today the RIAA said they have sued another group of people, 482 to be exact for copyright infringement. The RIAA used their "John Doe" litigation process in this last round of law suits, because they do not know the names of the copyright infringers. After appeals court ruled that Verizon does not have to provide names of customers to the RIAA, the RIAA started using the "John Doe" litigation process.

"Illegal downloading continues to cause enormous harm to the entire music community," said Steven Marks, general counsel of the RIAA. "We must stay on the path of education, enforcement, and offering great legal services." We all know the story and I think everyone else does too. Users continue to download music from P2P sites, despite the law suites from the RIAA.


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have they ever gone after bit torrent or newsgroup people?

not that i know of, so you are probably safe

highly unlikely, they'll go after kazza like programs first.

Those pathetic short-sighted moneygrubbing buttmunchers.

And people complain about pornographers being the bottom of the food chain . . . criminy!

no, shitty music by substandard artists has caused more harm than downloading

They are protecting their investment just like anyone else would. If you had a paysite and all of the content was on kazza would you not do something about it?

fuck the RIAA. I'm glad I dont listen to any mainstream music that worries about people downloading their albums. I admit, I download a bunch of full albums, but I still go out and buy CD's, goto shows, buy band merch, etc.

Fuck the RIAA and the greedy fuckin' bands that think its all about money, because its not, its about the music.

No lawsuits on Bit Torrent, but plenty of warning letters. It's only a matter of time.

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