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Record Industry Sues 532 More U.S. File-Sharers

Posted by timothy on from the make-them-watch-scared-straight dept.

Patik writes "The RIAA today issued 532 new subpoenas for music file swapping, many of them college students using their campus networks. They will not say which ISPs or colleges were involved, but that the users were sharing "substantial amounts" of music files. This brings the total number of subpoenas to 1,977. The RIAA has been averaging $3,000 per settlement so far." Readers Digitus1337 and Warpedcow point to stories respectively at Wired and Reuters.

30 of 613 comments (clear)

  1. Whew! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thank goodness I only share and download pornography!

    Seriously though, they need to make sure the
    punishment isn't worse than the crime. Ruining
    a college student's record/life may not fit that
    description.

  2. Well.... by JoeLinux · · Score: 2, Funny

    Can't blame them for trying...I just hope they have the good sense to back off if they find someone using p2p for legal uses...

  3. worth the karma by machine+of+god · · Score: 4, Funny

    bastards.

  4. You've got it all wrong by Adam9 · · Score: 4, Funny

    No no no. The money goes to pay the lawyers to help protect the artists from these thieves!

    1. Re:You've got it all wrong by JDBrechtel · · Score: 5, Funny

      True, because the next step of piracy will be to skip the RIAA all-together and kidnap the recording artists themselves and force them to record the MP3s at gunpoint.

    2. Re:You've got it all wrong by cozziewozzie · · Score: 2, Funny

      I actually read your sentence as "force them to record the MP3s at GNUpoint".

      Way too much Slashdot...

  5. Bankrupt the RIAA-Cheaper by the dozen. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Lawyers don't come cheap..."

    Indian lawyers do.

  6. Re:RIAA Introduces New Business Model by Wandersmann · · Score: 2, Funny
    I think the RIAA just found a profitable new business model.


    Isn't that the SCO business model?

  7. Re:KLite by cpu_fusion · · Score: 5, Funny

    And the best place to get Kazaa Lite these days is... yep, Kazaa !!! And if you're silly enough to download a binary executable off Kazaa without checking an MD5 sum or something, you might even get bonus Trojan Lite (tm) software!

  8. Re:$3000 per settlement??? by philovivero · · Score: 4, Funny
    so are they giving all the money they've received to the authors/performers of the music? How do they decide who gets what and what's the money used for.
    It is decided using a complex formula, but I'll give you an example, using eg Counting Crows:
    • 99% -- Record Industry Execs
    • 0.05% -- Band manager
    • 0.03% -- Hookers and blow
    • 0.01% -- Flowers for the receptionist
    • 0.005% -- A couple of beers for the record execs' buds
    • 0.004% -- The Anti-Slashdot lobby
    • 0.001% -- The band, Counting Crows. They can divvy it up however they want between themselves.
    Is it clear now?
    --
    fifth sigma, inc.
  9. Re:Good odds, keep sharing! by cpu_fusion · · Score: 4, Funny
    I've seen numbers that claim 50,000,000 people in the US use P2P applications. Let's do the math:

    Yes, let's...
    50,000,000 users * $3,000 average settlement = $150,000,000,000

    Crap, why even make music. They just need more lawyers! Somewhere, in a top secret lab, the RIAA is cloning lawyers.

    I see those bastards plans clearly now.

  10. Cue Southpark: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I am above the law!

  11. Waaah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Waaah, the big bad RIAA is big and bad and mean and they won't let me have their music for free. Waaah! I just summed up all the posts on this topic.

  12. Re:Cause you know it's working by daft_one · · Score: 1, Funny

    "...and people still share music in groves."

    Awww crap, now I've gotta put up a fence.

    Damn hippy music-sharers are eating all my apples.

  13. Re:Troll me by daft_one · · Score: 1, Funny

    Wait... how does MTV come into a discussion about music? /me scratches the ole' noggin'

  14. In 1977.... by R33MSpec · · Score: 4, Funny

    "..This brings the total number of subpoenas to 1,977.."

    In 1977:

    February 11 - A 20.2-kg lobster is caught off Nova Scotia (heaviest known crustacean).

    Coincidence?!? YOU Decide

  15. I Knew I Was Screwed When.... by joeware · · Score: 2, Funny

    I got an email from the RIAA stating:

    All your MP3's are belong to us!

  16. Re:KLite by Cyno01 · · Score: 2, Funny

    yeah, last week my friends sister downloaded "Norton Anti-Virus" off of Kazaa. He told me over the phone while reformatting his drive that it was some 24kb file that was probably !norton_anti_virus!!!real!!!CrAcK-incl!!.vbs or something.

    --
    "Sic Semper Tyrannosaurus Rex."
  17. yes, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    what does that have to do with prawn?

  18. Re:Cause you know it's working by Guano_Jim · · Score: 4, Funny

    people still share music in groves.

    Groves?

    Fscking druids ruining it for everybody.

    --
    3D Printing Tips and Tricks at Zheng3.com
  19. So your point is...? by Cyno01 · · Score: 2, Funny
    We should bomb the RIAA?

    Please?

    --
    "Sic Semper Tyrannosaurus Rex."
  20. Re:Bankrupt the RIAA by dotwaffle · · Score: 2, Funny

    $3,000 dollars a settlement? Well, once you've paid it, do you get to keep the music? Let's say you have 10,000 MP3's, OGG's, APE's and WAV's (just say...) and you pay the fine... Hey, you've saved like $78,899,992,993.89 (some keyboard mashing was involved!) before tax! Wahey!

  21. Re:KLite by corbettw · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not with that broken link, you can't.

    Say it with me, folks: Slashdot breaks up long lines, rendering most plaintext links more trouble than they're worth. And enclosing links in anchors is easy. Why, scientists have shown that even a monkey can enclose a link in anchors. Are you stupider than a monkey?

    --
    God invented whiskey so the Irish would not rule the world.
  22. Kenny by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Kyle: "Oh my god, you sued Kenny."
    Stan: "You bastards!"

  23. So We Can Expect a Sequel? by the+pickle · · Score: 2, Funny

    Will 15 more kids get their 30 seconds of Super Bowl fame next year?

    Slashdot won't allow links to URLs containing the word "ads," so here's the text link:

    http://www.apple.com/itunes/pepsi/ads/

    p

    --
    In Korea, long hair is for old people!
  24. Re:KLite by Kevin+Mitnick · · Score: 2, Funny

    you fucked it up.. you weren't supposed to quote the original message to be a true "me too" AOL post..

  25. It's been said before..... by Valiss · · Score: 4, Funny

    "We keep losing customers! I don't understand! We sue the fuckers, and they still won't buy our products!"

    --

    -Valiss
  26. Re:Bankrupt the RIAA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Sweet tell me where you can get XBOXs for $1?

  27. Re:$3000 per settlement??? by roystgnr · · Score: 3, Funny
    • 99% -- Record Industry Execs
    • 0.05% -- Band manager
    • 0.03% -- Hookers and blow
    • 0.01% -- Flowers for the receptionist
    • 0.005% -- A couple of beers for the record execs' buds
    • 0.004% -- The Anti-Slashdot lobby
    • 0.001% -- The band, Counting Crows. They can divvy it up however they want between themselves.
    Is it clear now?

    It's clear once you do the math: their accountant is skimming 0.9% off the top!
  28. Re:That's just you by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Nearly 50% of CDs manufactured in the US are independent. How can you control a market if you only have 50% share?

    I think nearly 100% of your statistics are imaginary.