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RIAA PR Efforts Examined

Posted by michael on from the foot-shooting dept.

The Importance of writes "Yale's LawMeme has an interesting article pointing out that the RIAA is having some PR success with their anti-file sharing lawsuits. People being sued are not just angry with the RIAA, they are angry with Kazaa. The LawMeme article thinks this is bad news for innovation since Congress might be likely to pass a law making innovative software providers more liable for the copyright infringements of their customers in order to stop the public outcry over the RIAA lawsuits." And in other news, a P2P group is planning to pay off the RIAA for that 12-year-old's settlement, and the BBC has an article about another victim.

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  1. More info on 12yr old girl by linuxkrn · · Score: 5, Informative

    There is some more information here and here.

    At least the P2P United group stepped in, offering to pay the fine.
    Saying "We don't condone copyright infringement, but it's time for the RIAA's winged monkeys to fly back to the castle and leave the Munchkins alone."

    Seems to me they are using shock and awe. The girls mother, when confronted with the charge, instantly agreed to settle the action.

  2. $2000 Raised, done and done by aliens · · Score: 2, Informative

    Raffle nets $2000

    The sister site of HardOCP

    Very cool of them to do this. The 12yo might come out the better for being sued.

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  3. techtv Music Wars by Wakkow · · Score: 4, Informative

    Watch the Music Wars special on TechTV Friday. It's supposed to be an open talk between major players in this whole ordeal. Unfortunately, as of yesterday, no one from the RIAA has yet to give them a yes or no.

  4. No, its also for legal uses. by nurb432 · · Score: 3, Informative

    The last 2 files i got via p2p was a FBSD iso, and several *legal* ebooks i wasnt able to find via googling..

    Pehraps its commonly used for pirating, but its not the ONLY use..

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  5. Re:Harnessing the Power of Disruptive Technologies by bigjocker · · Score: 3, Informative

    You have posted (as an Anonymous Coward) several links to books on amazon.com with you as a refferer (you make some $$ with each sale made through that link), and the mods keep modding you up.

    This is a spammer, people, don't click the link, you give him money through that link.

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