Give the money back !
Downhill Battle says the RIAA should return the money it’s collected from individuals and families it accused of p2p filesharing.
"The RIAA obtained these names illegally, and it’s time for them to return the money that they’ve extorted from hundreds of families," says DB’s Holmes Wilson.
The call comes in response to a federal appeals court ruling, issued today, which states that the RIAA may not force ISPs to reveal the names of individuals that the major record labels suspect of filesharing.
"These lawsuits have literally pushed families into bankruptcy, and now the basis of the suits has been invalidated," says the site’s Nicholas Reville.
Downhill Battle is a music activism project dedicated to making the music industry fairer for artists and fans. It’as received widespread attention for its Peer to Peer Legal Defense Fund, which as of today has raised $3,394.17 for victims of the RIAA lawsuits.
Downhill Battle’s whatacrappypresent.com is currently the most linked to site on the Internet according to popdex.com and blogdex.net, which track weblog links.
Its in-store guerrilla stickering campaign puts anti-RIAA stickers on CDs inside stores like Walmart and Best Buy.
