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RIAA Sues 261 Major P2P Offenders

Posted by simoniker on Monday September 8, 2003 @05:20AM from the you'd-better-watch-out dept.

circletimessquare writes "Yahoo!/Washington Post is reporting that the RIAA is suing 261 fileswappers whom they consider to be 'major offenders' in illegally trading music online. Remember to visit the EFF when full lawsuit details are released, and see if you're one of the unlucky few." Details of the amnesty program reported last week were also released, with the RIAA announcing it "...would require file sharers to admit in writing that they illegally traded music online and vow in a legally binding, notarized document, never to do it again."

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You don't think. by kkirk007 · 2003-09-08 05:39 · Score: 2, Troll

I will rehash the classic argument: is it justifiable to violate the law if the system is broken? Yes, these people have violated copyright law. A copyright law which is profoundly WRONG.
Maybe you'll remember some other instances of people breaking the law...the Boston Tea Party...Minutemen militias...refusing taxation without representation...the Declaration of Independence...the list goes on...
Our forefathers saw that the system was wrong, they rebelled, many died. But in the end justice prevailed. Many people will get sued, bankrupted, go to prison; but I think that it's all our sincere hope and belief that rightousness will defeat corruption and that the RIAA will lose its stranglehold over american culture and society.