White Paper Decries RIAA Attempts To Raise Infringement Payouts

Little Big Man writes "Public Knowledge, the CEA, and six other industry and public interest groups have issued a white paper critical of the attempts of the RIAA and other major copyright players to have statutory infringement levels raised. 'Noting that the courts can currently award massive statutory damages without rightsholders having to demonstrate that they have suffered any actual harm, the white paper calls current copyright law a "carefully designed compromise" meant to balance the interests of both parties ... The authors of the white paper paint a dreary future where "copyright trolls" file lawsuits in order to rake in massive amounts of statutory damages, where innovation is stifled, and where artists are afraid to "Recut, Reframe, and Recycle" because of the financial risks involved.'"

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CEA to RIAA:

[Enlarged to Show Tex]

We are in your politics killin' your business models

Obvious really

[Recovering Hater]

The RIAA won't be happy until they can sue someone for "100 Jillion dollars" *

* Spoken in Dr. Evilese

Re:Obvious really

[HikingStick]

In all likelihood, I believe the RIAA would prefer to make copyright infringement a capital offense.

The executions, themselves, will be recorded (and copyrighted) and then tacked on the beginning of every DVD or future media type.

After a few years, consumers will be able to purchase "The best of RIAA Executions" in a variety of formats (each disk or download fully protected by DRM, of course).

This just in

[LockeOnLogic]

A late amendment to the PRO-IP would give the RIAA permission to "hold you upside down and shake out every last penny" on suspicion of copywrite infringement. Not satisfied with this development, RIAA is now pushing for a further amendment permitting cavity searches as well.