Loads of legal news today. Next up, the Recording Industry Association Of America has launched another 754 lawsuits against suspected illegal file sharers. This happens so often these days it's hardly news, which again proves the stupidity of the RIAA's approach. A key point of suing individual file sharers is surely to get media coverage that reinforces the message that illegal file sharing is wrong. To be fair, the BPI have been good at timing their litigation splurges to secure maximum coverage in the UK press. The RIAA, however, have completely lost control of the news agenda by launching huge numbers of lawsuits on an almost monthly basis. Given that research suggests P2P usage is, if anything, up in the US, despite the lawsuits, the RIAA's litigation approach is achieving little, except for the nominal payments they receive from those filesharers who settle. There's a chance they will have to sue every single PC owner in America to actually stop people from file sharing.
Dec 1, 2005
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RIAA launch more anti-file sharing litigation
The RIAA has launched 754 more lawsuits against suspected illegal file sharers, a commentary argues the approach is losing media impact and achieving little.