What The RIAA Gets Out Of File Sharing

Posted by timothy on Wednesday September 10, 2003 @03:48AM from the briar-patch-in-disguise dept.

ChrisPaget writes "Wired have a fascinating article about a company called BigChampagne which sells regional P2P download statistics to most of the major record labels. When the labels know what people are downloading, they know what to put on the radio, and sales in the area increase. The record industry's lawsuits against file- sharing companies hang on their assertion that the programs have no use other than to help infringe copyrights. If the labels acknowledge a legitimate use for P2P programs, it would undercut their case as well as their zero-tolerance stance."

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Disturbing... by dasspunk · 2003-09-10 04:11 · Score: 0, Offtopic

It's always disturbing to me when I realize that a person or organization that is a SOSC (Sucker of Satan's Cock) turns out to be smarter and even more devious than I originally imagined.

I really hoped they were taking a blanket "fear all change" policy and would eventually choke on the very cock they were sucking.

Unfortunately, it seems they are privately taking full advantage of that which they publicly are not trying to kill but rather trying to control!