RIAA...the sneaky bastages!

[sirwilliam]

ARTICLE LINKY

[complacent]

That's pretty effed up! They shouldn't be using the "halls o justice" as a subterfuge like that...

[Libra Monkee]

Didn't hear of a tactic like that on an episode of Boston Legal?

[Mr Kleen]

nothing surprises me about RIAA any more.

[Sabre]

I really hate those people....

[complacent]

nut-suckers. every last one of 'em.

And you know that there isn't a single one of them that would admit to working for the RIAA if they were in a crowded bar.

[complacent]

There appears to be a silver lining here...

Some people are winning.

[WRXWagon2112]

RIAA to stop suing people

Looks like they finally realize that law suits just aren't working...

Whether you're a pratin' granny, single mom or a full-on haxxor, you no longer have to dread waking up to an RIAA summons. They still might rat you out to your ISP, though.

Alas, it took the RIAA five years and 35,000 cases to realize that suing individual for illegal downloads was not an effective deterrent. Not only was it an abject PR failure, not even the RIAA has ever pretended that it was making a difference.

That's not to say the RIAA is not entirely out of the anti-pirate game, of course. Now, they will focus on notifying your ISP of your malfeasances, should their wide net of semi-legal piracy detection agents sniff out your IP seeding 808s and Heartbreak to 12 year old girls. The RIAA will email your ISP (if it is one of the "major" providers that has an agreement), who will then either forward the email on or send their own warning. If you don't comply to that and subsequent warnings, your service may be canned.

--Alan

[Mr Kleen]

they're taking their fight to the ISPs to get out of the public eye. they're still up to no good. ...and it only took them 5 years to wise up.

[Cereb Daithi]

Wonder how long til the RIAA annoys the ISPs?

[drwrx]

"RIAA, too much money, too many lawyers and too much free time."