Mike Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES -- The group representing the U.S. music industry says it will abandon its policy of suing people for sharing songs protected by copyright. The Recording Industry Association of America says that now it will try to stop alleged music pirates by working with Internet service providers to cut access to frequent abusers. The move ends a controversial program that saw the industry sue more than 30,000 people since 2003 for swapping songs online. The recording association said Friday that its new efforts with several leading U.S. Internet service providers would provide a meaningful deterrent, so it will wind down its legal assault. The group says it will still carry out cases already filed. The decision was first reported in The Wall Street Journal. Copyright © 2008 Seattle PI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Hill Posted December 25, 2008 Report Share Posted December 25, 2008 You can sue people all you want. But if they can't pay, they can't pay. How many of those thousands of judgements have gone un-collected? Meanwhile the masterminds of commerce waste their energy and money on lobbying and legal costs, until they finally realize their golden goose is bleeding dry and they've been putting bandaids on a turkey. There is no control. Roll with it. ========\O/____\o/____ ___\o/_____\O/======== Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 I think by now, it's probably best for the music industry to realize that people are going to be listening to whatever they want for free from now on, and should figure out a different way to make money off it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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