RIAA Files 531 More Lawsuits

nuclear305 writes "CNN is reporting that the RIAA has filed 531 'John Doe' lawsuits against defendants in Atlanta; Philadelphia; Orlando, Florida; and Trenton, New Jersey. Of course, once these thugs find out who you are, you can pay them off for the small fee averaging $3,000."

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Me?!?

[El]

Of course, once these thugs find out who you are, you can pay them off for the small fee averaging $3,000 You mean, once these thugs find out who my neighbor with the unencrypted 802.11b Access Point is, he can pay them off... provided they can prove it was actually him, and not any one of his neighbors that made copyrighted material available without authorization...

Re:MS going after innocent P2P users as well

[Anonymous Coward]

this post is off topic!!! the story is about a big company going after p2p users who are often innocent, not about a big company going after p2p users who are... oops. the troll actually said something useful

To sum this all up

[Bruha]

YAWN

Re:I Have But Two Words for You, Sir:

[Anonymous Coward]

Civil disobedience. The practice of this ideology and method of protest begun many decades ago, but it has changed from protesting government actions (or inactions, whichever the case may be) to protesting government, corporate, and/or organizational practices. It may not occur to you, but it may be that some these illegal file-sharers are only breaking the law in protest of exploitation and high prices.

I always laugh when I see this analogy. Yeah, civil disobediance. The thousands of people who have been beaten, arrested, tortured over the years in response to acts of civil disobediance, acts designed to obtain independence from colonizing powers or equality of rights under the law, are of course analogous to a bunch of us geeks sitting on our asses, bravely pointing and clicking -- and getting to avoid paying for that Radiohead album too. Yeah, right.

Jesus Christ.