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AT&T Has Begun Issuing RIAA Takedown Notices
suraj.sun writes with this excerpt from CNet:
"AT&T, one of the nation's largest Internet service providers, confirmed on Tuesday the company is working with the recording industry to combat illegal file sharing. At a digital music conference in Nashville, Jim Cicconi, a senior executive for AT&T told the audience that the ISP has begun issuing takedown notices to people accused of pirating music by the Recording Industry Association of America, according to one music industry insider who was present. In December, the RIAA, the lobbying group of the four largest recording companies, announced the group would no longer pursue an antipiracy strategy that focused on suing individuals, but rather would seek the help of broadband providers to stem the flow of pirated content. The RIAA said an undisclosed number of ISPs had agreed to cooperate but declined to name them. This is important because the RIAA has said that repeat offenders faced the possibility of losing service — at least temporarily — as part of the music industry's 'graduated response' plan."
The root of this issue is that people steal music. If it wasn't digital and we did not have the internet you would have had to borrow the record from a friend or steal to hear it without buying it. Somehow in our culture it became ok to steal music and now video, how did this happen? DRM and file sharing and all this stuff could exist without any legal complications if people just would not steal... In fact we would not need DRM. If you like some music go buy it, you can still listen to it first on radio or from a friend but you should buy it. Name another business where it is OK if someone steals your product?!
What's stopping you?
Maybe not