RIAA To Sue Hundreds Of File Swappers

Shackleford writes "The Washington Post has an article saying that the RIAA is preparing hundreds of lawsuits against Internet users who illegally trade copyrighted music files. The lawsuits will target people who share 'substantial' amounts of copyrighted music, but anyone who shares illegal files is at risk, RIAA President Cary Sherman said in a conference call today. The first round of lawsuits will be prepared during the next eight to 10 weeks. They will ask for injunctions and monetary damages against file swappers. It seems that after a federal judge ruled in April that file-sharing services have legal uses and thus should not be shut down, the RIAA has found that it must go after individual users rather than the services that they use." palmech13 points to a similar article on Yahoo News.

Comments

Re:That is just stupid of them

[op00to]

Wow. You must be the god damn old bat of a queen herself. The entire world doesn't have bad teeth and a horrible sense of humor. Not everyone who speaks English speaks the "Queen's" English. Get over yourself.

Here's how we spell "favor" in the US.

Favor.

It is you who is missing the point.

[forii]

Piracy involves taking value away from someone else's property without compensating them for that loss. Taking something without compensating for it, whether or not the "thing" in question is a physical item, is stealing.

Re:Good thing I don't live in the US

[axxackall]

Moreover, you'll get paid - one bomb per each album you've shared :)

On a serious note: how many countries have same/similar copyright protection laws? And isn't true that most (if not all) countries, that don't protect copyrights in a way that US can bring someone to the local court, are USA's long-term bombing targets anyway?