RIAA Paid $16M+ In Legal Fees To Collect $391K

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "In a rare outburst of subjectivity, I commenced my blog post 'Ha ha ha ha ha' when reporting that, based upon the RIAA's disclosure form for 2008, it had paid its lawyers more than $16,000,000 to recover $391,000. If they were doing it to 'send a message,' the messages have been received loud & clear: (1) the big four record labels are managed by idiots; (2) the RIAA's law firms have as much compassion for their client as they do for the lawsuit victims; (3) suing end users, or alleged end users, is a losing game. I don't know why p2pnet.net begrudges the RIAA's boss his big compensation; he did a good job... for the lawyers."

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[DaveV1.0]

No, "RIAA executives are idiots" is an opinion and a subjective opinion at that.

That unauthorized copiers of copyrighted material who refer to themselves as "sharers" are law breaking assholes is objective facts. They are breaking the law, know they are breaking the law, refuse to stop breaking the law, and are angry when they are prosecuted and sued under the law.