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RIAA Sues Nearly 500 New Swappers

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the this-is-never-going-to-end dept.

Digitus1337 writes "Wired has the story. " U.S. music industry group says it has sued 493 more people for copyright infringement as part of its campaign to stop consumers from copying music over the Internet. The Recording Industry Association of America has now sued nearly 3,000 individuals since last September in an attempt to discourage people from copying songs through peer-to-peer networks like Kazaa and LimeWire." "

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  1. 3000 down.... by southpolesammy · · Score: 5, Funny

    5,997,000 to go. Or thereabouts....

    Quick math tells us that the last user will be sued in January 3335.

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    Rule #1 -- Politics always trumps technology.
  2. Copying Music in new formats by (Maly) · · Score: 5, Funny

    So neurologists often compare the brain to a hard disk, storing data, etc. So how long until you think we get sued for listening to music and remembering it (illegal copying to another media). God forbid we try and hum a bit of it to a friend, or playing a song for a friend, because then we're guilty of transferring an unlicensed copy to another party. "Dude, you gotta listen to this song." "Sorry, my brain uses Media Player 9... damn DRM!"

  3. The problem with lawyers is.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The problem with lawyers is that 99% of them give the rest a bad name.

  4. My T-Shirt sez: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I got sued by RIAA, and all I got was some low-quality NSync tunes."