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RIAA Drops P2P Lawsuit Strategy, Goes Local

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the friendly-visit-from-your-music-biz-pals dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Wondering why the RIAA hasn't announced 800 lawsuits per month any more? Well, they're still suing people, but have developed a new strategy according to Slyck.com. Instead the RIAA is looking to be more localized, focused and personal with its new strategy." As another reader puts it, the RIAA "will opt to file lawsuits on a weekly basis and work with local media to give it a more geographically relevant feel." Perhaps they'll also pick their targets a bit more carefully.

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  1. Fantastic by l5rfanboy · · Score: 5, Funny
    So instead of one rediculous article a month we're going to get ten a week of equally little value?

    Great.

    1. Re:Fantastic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      In local news, the Sugar Industry Association of Ammerica (SIAA) has filed a lawsuit against housewife Jane Doe for repeatedly lending sugar to her neighbors.

  2. Huh? by Cleon · · Score: 4, Funny

    "more localized, focused and personal?"

    What, are we talking warm, fuzzy, happy, huggie-time lawsuits from your friendly neighborhood big-brother cartel?

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    1. Re:Huh? by DrSkwid · · Score: 4, Funny

      > Do most people feel that stealing from Walmart is wrong, since they are a huge mega-corp?

      Most people feel stealing is wrong, how could they not.

      I enjoy stealing, but I'd be hard pushed to convince anyone I was doing the right thing.

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  3. Translation: by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 3, Funny

    They turned off their automatic lawsuit generator.

    1. Re:Translation: by Penguin+Programmer · · Score: 2, Funny
      #include <people.h>
      void lawsuit ( struct person );
       
      int main (void)
      {
        int i;
        for ( i = 0; 1 = 1; i++ )
        {
            lawsuit ( pirates[i] );
        }
      }
  4. Wild Guess... by should_be_linear · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wondering why the RIAA hasn't announced 800 lawsuits per month any more?

    World Cup?

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  5. Brilliant! by fobbman · · Score: 3, Funny

    You know, at first I thought that the attorneys who work for the RIAA were blood-sucking leeches for going after all of those people like they do. However, the more I think about it the more I think that they truly are brilliant. They have tapped into a seemingly endless supply of cash at the RIAA by trying to accomplish something that will never work: shutting down file sharing entirely.

    If they ARE blood-sucking leeches, they are very smart blood sucking leeches. Bravo!

  6. Insurance? by BigNumber · · Score: 3, Funny

    I guess I won't be needing that Swedish piracy insurance now.

  7. Choose RIAA by Bromskloss · · Score: 4, Funny

    ..for a more localized, focused and personal experience.

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  8. Look, really by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    If you want some music, I'll sing. I'm not very good, but at least I'm free. You can pirate me all you like.

  9. Re:So what? by Slovenian6474 · · Score: 2, Funny

    does checking the weather online count?

  10. Re:What if I was hacked? by JPribe · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ignorance is not a defense...if this little rant is the best you can come up with, I wish you luck in FPMITAP (federal pound me...)

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