Round Two for MPAA Lawsuits

An anonymous reader writes "CNET is reporting that the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has filed a second round of lawsuits against individuals trading movie files. This follows the lobby's legal attacks on BitTorrent servers a few weeks back. A couple of commentaries on this latest legal barrage can already be found here and here."

Comments

Re:Absurd!

[smooth wombat]

It's coming to citizens having to personally reclaim their rights from corrupt lawmakers.

Since when has stealing EVER been allowed? Yes, it is stealing if you download a song which you have not paid for. You can whine about information wanting to be free and how you wouldn't have bought the album/song anyway but it's still stealing. You didn't pay for it. Period.

The MPAA/RIAA are just umbrella groups for those they represent. They are doing what any good business group is doing, protecting their interests.

Maybe you prefer having every recording company who owns the rights to the songs file a lawsuit against you for stealing what they own. Yes, they do own the rights to the songs. You don't. They are the ones who negotiated with the bands to record, edit, produce and distribute the songs or albums. You didn't.

Quit trying to make it sound like you're being oppressed. You're not. If you're want the song so badly go get an account with Apple or someone similar and buy the song through them. Or go to a second-hand store and buy the whole album and do what you want with the CD.