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RIAA Sues More Music Lovers

Posted by michael on from the killing-me-softly-with-his-song dept.

DominoTree writes "The RIAA, a trade group representing the U.S. music industry has filed a new round of lawsuits against 744 people it alleges used online file-sharing networks to illegally trade in copyrighted songs, it said on Wednesday."

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  1. Can they keep up? by gilesjuk · · Score: 0, Redundant

    If they only sue approx 700 people a month and the net population is growing at a faster rate then can they physically keep up with the explosion of P2P and file sharing?

  2. Some Correlation? by Wilkshake · · Score: -1, Redundant
    Including the 744 from Wednesday, the RIAA has sued nearly 4,700 people since last September in its efforts to combat piracy, which the music industry has blamed for a multiyear decline in CD sales. Some music fans have countered that bad music, and not piracy, was to blame for the decline.

    I would blame the standover tactics and rip off merchants of the recording industry for the decline in CD sales more than anything else.

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