US music industry body ‘will not sue downloaders’
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The American music industry watchdog has said that it will not launch any lawsuits against Internet users who download music illegally, according to reports.
The controversial policy by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) was halted after around 35,000 people were served with lawsuits since 2003.
And the subjects of those lawsuits have included several single mothers, a dead person and even a 13-year-old girl.
The RIAA told the Wall Street Journal that they are planning to launch a new policy targeting illegal downloaders through warnings from their Internet service providers (ISPs), and believe that it will turn out to be more effective.
The body revealed that it had already reached a deal with many providers to carry out the proposals but did not disclose which ones.
“Part of the issue with infringement is for people to be aware that their actions are not anonymous,” Times Online quoted Mitch Bainwol, the chairman of the RIAA, as saying.
Bainwol said that although he believed that the litigation was effective in many regards, the industry does have new methods available to it.
“Over the course of five years, the marketplace has changed,” he said.
Music sales have continued to fall since it became common practice for internet users to share music files or download them from illegal websites. (ANI)
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gene said:
Both the RIAA and Directv sued a total of 60,000 people many of who were innocent. Even though they knew of their innocence, they collected money from them then locked them into an agreement not to tell or not to report them for the false court complaint. The US justice system refused to help those falsely accused and failed to stop the suits even though they knew the court complaints were bogus. To bring the justice system back into the fold of protecting innocent people, those falsely sued need to send a strong message. The next time they are a juror before a court, do just what Justice did to them. Ignore Justice. Cast your juror vote against justice. The next time you are a witness, do not come foreword. This way eventually Justice will learn what it is like to be ignored when crimes are committed against you by huge companies you never had a chance against. Huge corporations should not be immune from braking the laws just like the consumer.
December 31st, 2008 at 10:56 pm
