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The RIAA's Rocky Road Ahead

Posted by kdawson on from the bring-checkbook dept.

The RIAA's new plan to enlist ISPs in its war on file sharing, once it announced it was calling a halt to new consumer lawsuits, is running into rough sledding. Wired reports on the continuing legal murkiness of the RIAA's interpretation of copyright law. And one small ISP in Louisiana asks the recording organization, "You want me to police your intellectual property? What's your billing address?"

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  1. But... by davester666 · · Score: 5, Funny

    why does the RIAA have to pay this ISP? Part of the value that the ISP provides to customers is the ability to pirate music. Therefore, the ISP should be paying for this.

    And the ISP should send the RIAA a pony.

    And a cute little puppy.

    Whups, sorry about that. I channeled the RIAA there for a second.

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  2. Re:Legal? by Donkey_Hotey · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have 60 petabyte of songs downloaded

    Is there that much recorded music in the world?

    Maybe not by itself, but if you added rap and pop there might be...

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  3. Re:Multiple interpretations by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh, contrair

    Here here, it's a doggy-dog world.

  4. Re:Multiple interpretations by AGMW · · Score: 5, Funny
    Here comes the french grammar nazi

    Interestingly, not in France it wouldn't, as anything 'Nazi' is banned in France under French law ... indeed they could, using popular jargon, be referred to as Nazi nazis.

    Do I win a t-shirt?

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