'we'll Keep Suing'

[sharedholder]

Read the article here

[abu_has_the_power]

Originally posted by sharedholder@13 January 2004 - 08:28
Read the article here

i see a forum. wheres the article?

[sharedholder]

Is on that link posted on my forum

[NightStalker]

sharedholder, You posted a link to just your forums index page, a bit confusing..

http://sharedandmm.clicdev.com/f/index.php...3&st=0&#entry47

Regards, NightStalker.

[Sparkle1984]

Any thoughts that the RIAA may be learning that suing existing and potentially new customers doesn't make much sense over the long term can be dismissed.

"We must continue on this course," says the RIAA's rarely seen chairman and ceo Mitch Bainwol. "It is essential to fostering an environment where legal online music services can flourish."

He's quoted in a Reuters/Billboard report here discussing the Pew Internet and American Life Project.

Heralded by the RIAA as vindication of its sue 'em all campaign (under which it's been dragging hapless p2p file sharers from schoolgirls to grandfathers into court on alleged copyright violation charges), the Pew report said 'illegal' music file sharing is down among those 18 and older.

Bainwol says the study shows the RIAA is "on the right track," the Big Five labels, who own the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) and pay Bainwols not inconsiderably salary, say it's a raging success and, such is their influence, the mainstream internartional media echo their sentiments ad nauseum.

But, writes Bill Holland in , "Eric Garland, CEO of Big Champagne ... says that the industry enforcement program has changed attitudes, if not behavior.

"Six months ago, everybody would tell interviewers they use P2P because it was hip. No longer."

But on the veracity of the Pew responses, Webspins consultant John Fagot quotes the late writer H.L. Mencken: "It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know you would lie if you were in his place."

Pew director Lee Rainie admits some interviewees "might not have 'fessed up," says the story, "but he stands behind the numbers saying, "You should keep in mind we were counting people, not the amount of files being transferred."

if they want to be like that, then let them lose all their customers, that would be so funny !