RIAA to Sue You Now

An anonymous reader writes "MSNBC reports that apparently the music industry feels so satisfied with going after file swapping software makers that they want to sue the pants off the file swappers themselves. Of course, you'll need to be a big fish with lots of illegal music to get their attention." This is what they should have done in the first place- go after the people who are actually doing it instead of making P2P seemingly illegal.

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RIAA's Strategy

[wompser]

The RIAA will have to have a pretty careful strategy with this tactic. If they sue anyone, it is going to instantly have meteoric press coverage, especially if they sue one of the "supernodes" for an high $$ amount. Public sentiment against the RIAA will be astronomical if they don't choose someone who is:

1. Undeniably guilty
2. Unremorseful
3. A poor martyr

Public opinion is fairly well split on the filesharing issue, but if a big corporate entity makes a martyr out of someone, you can bet public opinion will sway quickly.

And don't think the RIAA has not considered this issue.