5 Years of RIAA Filesharing Lawsuits

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "David Kravets of Wired.com, who provided in-person gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Capitol v. Thomas trial last year, takes stock of the RIAA's 5-year-old litigation campaign, concluding it is 'at a crossroads', and noting that 'billions of copies of copyrighted songs are now changing hands each year on file sharing services. All the while, some of the most fundamental legal questions surrounding the legality of file sharing have gone unanswered. Even the future of the RIAA's only jury trial victory — against Minnesota mother Jammie Thomas — is in doubt. Some are wondering if the campaign has shaped up as an utter failure.'"

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i, for one, am glad

[Anonymous Coward]

i'm glad that they fucked you music stealing fags in the ass. i hope you all get sued and have to pay through the nose for being a bunch of deadbeat bitches. keep on sucking that free music dick you faggots. someday it will catch up with you.

Re:You people have no imagination.

[Anonymous Coward]

I know this is how I justify the existence of my kiddie porn servers.

Posting anonymously for various reasons.

Re:Of course it's a failure

[Anonymous Coward]

You people are pathetic. It's bloody illegal to take copyrighted product without paying, and for a very good reason. You know why and you know it's wrong. Stop the charade. The RIAA has no other option but pursue you in court. There is no new business model, as you all seem to think just dangles out there somewhere, ignored by the record labels, that can compete with FREE. You're all phuqueing theives and when Congress figures out what an mp3 file is, there will finally be legislation to shut down your thieving BT tracker sites and other means of illegally distributing my and other peoples' property without paying us for the work we did in creating it. Phuque off.