RIAA PR Efforts Examined

Posted by michael on Thursday September 11, 2003 @03:47AM 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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More info on 12yr old girl by linuxkrn · 2003-09-11 03:56 · 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.