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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. Headline news by Andy+Smith · · Score: 0, Troll

    Tonight's top story: The shocking truth about a legitimate trade body taking legitimate legal action to defend legitimate businesses. Story at eleven!

    Maybe someone just needs to shout really loud and really clearly to make me understand why it's wrong to sue people who are stealing from you. Because so far, I'm just not getting it.

  2. Re:I wonder... by Stinking+Pig · · Score: 0, Troll

    bingo. Vote with your dollars, support online music stores that sell unencumbered file formats (so emusic and magnatune, not apple and napster), and don't trade on the public networks.

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