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Inside the RIAA and MediaSentry

Posted by kdawson on from the belly-of-the-beast dept.

bsdewhurst sends along an interesting article about how MediaSentry and the RIAA identify file sharers. Since 2003, while the RIAA has been filing 28,000 lawsuits, the percentage of US Internet users using P2P for downloading music has dropped from 20% to 19% (there is no knowing how much of a factor the lawsuits have been). The list the RIAA uses for ISP takedown notices is about 700 currently popular songs that are updated based on the charts, so not liking the top 40 could save you. The list of songs tracked for the user-litigation program is said to be larger.

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  1. now lets do the math by queldor · · Score: 5, Funny

    5 years for 1%. so in 2103 it will be down to 0%. Way to go RIAA!!! That will also be 532,000 lawsuits.. and don't forgot that is IF that 1% was from them..

  2. As a music lover by east+coast · · Score: 5, Funny

    so not liking the top 40 could save you.

    In ways that are too many to count.

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