RIAA to Hold Off on Mass Lawsuits
The Recording Industry Association of America confirmed Friday it will no longer pursue mass lawsuits against copyright infringers, which includes a significant number of college students, the Wall Street Journal reports. The RIAA, which has pursued about 35,000 people since 2003, said it is abandoning its longtime strategy—which critics say did little except create a public relations nightmare—and will likely seek out partnerships and cooperation with Internet-service providers.
Some preliminary arrangements made with ISPs include forwarding warnings via the ISP to those heavily engaged in illegal file-sharing to ask them to stop. If they do not, the ISP may cut off service.
The RIAA may still sue those who are particularly heavy uploaders or ignore multiple warnings.
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The RIAA also finds, discovers and helps the artists whose music you hear today get contracts, published, etc. While I find their acts a bit despicable and greedy. I guess if someone hit your pocketbook you might try to get revenge 'by any means necessary'. This does mean they have the right to take the law into their own hands. They should've gone through proper channels to begin with, instead of indulging in this aggregation. Although, I must say, their actions have discouraged and scared away many of my 'free music' friends from distributing their music.
Still... in some circles piracy remains an issue. But I also believe the internet has greatly helped new music artists break into the field.
Is the RIAA Right or Wrong.
When I go to a music store and buy CD's,a percentage of the money I pay goes to the recording artist as royalties.This is compensation for the fruit of their labors,i.e.their music.When people download off the internet without paying a fee,the artist gets nothing.Is that fair?Would you like to go to your job,do your best work only to be told at the end of the week that everything you did was stolen by some third party and that you were not going to be paid for all of your hard work? I don't like the record companies any more than anyone else,but,how can you screw them without screwing the artist?Sorry but you can't.Feeless downloading is theft of intellectual property,pure and simple.If you don't want to pay for your music,fine,but,don't be surprised when artists are not able to afford to keep making it.You're only hurting yourself in the long run.
Who is the RIAA
They are a collective of record companies. They are not busy collecting money for "the artists," but for themselves. It is time to stop giving these people ink. If you want to talk about increasing revue for artists, fine, but why don't you talk to the artists and not these business execs.
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