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RIAA Lawsuits from a John Doe's Perspective

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the through-the-wringer dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Nick Mamatas was sued by and subsequently settled with the RIAA for file sharing. He wrote a piece for the Village Voice describing his experience, and he goes on to briefly discuss the implications of "John Doe" file-sharing lawsuits. He argues that the labels are using these suits as a source of profit; he also claims that when his lawyer contacted the RIAA to discuss the suit, he was put in touch with a regular staffer, not another lawyer. 'It feels like they're doing a volume business,' Mamatas' lawyer notes."

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  1. fp for klerck by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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    2. Re:fp for klerck by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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    3. Re:fp for klerck by sexninja · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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    4. Re:fp for klerck by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  2. A volume business? by Silverlancer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ugh. Their music sounds enough without too much volume.

  3. Blasted popup by teslatug · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Looks like they've got one of those pop-up ads that make it paste Firefox at villagevoice.

  4. Re: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Those people at the MPAA can go freaking die. They shut down a SONIC (read: the furry little hedgehog) WEBSITE just because it had like two movies. Of course, duh, we got to make those overpaid exec's salaries somewhere, right?

  5. Re:The RIAA by dgatwood · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Village Voice, Village Idiots.... I see the connection.

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