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RIAA File-Sharing Lawsuits Top 10,000 People Sued

Posted by timothy on from the maybe-there'll-be-cake dept.

An anonymous reader writes "While Firefox broke the 50,000,000 barrier today, the RIAA broke a more dubious barrier this week: It has now sued over 10,000 file sharers for copyright infringement, making it a good time to ask if the RIAA will ever throw in the towel. Taking an academic look at what's best for the industry, this economics article shows the financial upside to P2P file sharing. And on the flip side, this legal article argues that file swappers have a constitutional right to pay much smaller penalties than the millions of dollars they can be liable for under copyright law, making the RIAA's lawsuits much less profitable."

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  1. Montreal? by Montreal!!hahahahaha · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    hahahaha

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  2. Can I have a +5 mod Insightful by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    For spastically reacting thus: "Its not stealing its copyright infingement". Can I, huh? Huh?

  3. Ones and Zeroes by knightri · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Its all just 1's and 0's. Who cares what order I keep them in?

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  4. Re:Perhaps... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    There once were many people who made their living on producing horse drawn wagons. Then the automobile was invented and there was very little demand for horse drawn wagons. So, eventually, although some still continued to buy wagons, the wagon industry became obsolete. Essentially, the same thing is happening here. Only the RIAA has a lot more money, and is very afraid of becoming obsolete.