ISPs Not Cooperating With RIAA's Name-Grab

rocketjam writes "The RIAA has a new plan to fight P2P file trading since an appeals court ruled that Internet service providers don't have to turn over the names of suspected music pirates to them. The RIAA has now proposed, in a letter to the 50 largest ISPs in the US, that they supply the identifying IP address of suspected music traders to their ISP after which the ISP would send a notice to the user informing them they are suspected of illegal trading but not yet targeted for a lawsuit by the music industry. Internetnews.com reports that according to industry sources they've contacted, not one ISP has agreed to cooperate with the music industry's new plan. ISPs have been cautious in their public responsed to the RIAA proposal, although they all agree they are under no legal obligation to comply with any RIAA request."

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Pretty obvious

[Sklivvz]

Why should they collaborate until they are all forced by law? By cooperating they are screwing their clients and getting a bad name, without getting anything back.

And probably most of them read Slashdot anyways... :-)

Let's do it for all civil actions!

[pulu]

Dear (insert ISP here):

I am (insert Editor ID here), a much maligned editor at the (insert "news" site here), and I would like to make a proposal to you that would benefit the both of our organizations and increase the public's awareness of the great threat that libel holds to the economy and the struggling editorial staff of many great companies.

When comments appear on (insert "news" site here) that would appear libelous to (insert Editor ID here), we will forward the originating IP addresses of the attacks and This handy legal guide so that your users can be informed of their and our rights under the applicable laws.

Thank you for your time,
(Insert Editor ID here)

Re:Do they really think this is going to work?

[Spock the Baptist]

"Regular paper does not make good toilet paper, neither does newspaper for that matter. Yes I've tried."

Somebody please mode the above message up as informative. ;D