Comments on: 10,306 sued by RIAA

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 18 May 2005 21:20:46 +0000

Quite right. The $30 million figure is probably somebody’s back-of-the-envelope calculation of 10,000 x $3000 avg settlement, assuming that everybody settled.

And to call this profitable to the RIAA is ridiculous – I’m sure that their lawyers consume 10 x what they receive in settlements. A standard rule of thumb in business is that calling lawyers into a dispute is Mutually Assured Destruction – meant as a threat of last resort, never to be used by sensible people. The only ones who win are the lawyers.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 18 May 2005 20:51:31 +0000

I assume the 30 million figure was arrived at by multiplying the above number of people by the average reported settlement cost. But couldnt the figure be much lower? We read recently that many, perhaps most, of the lawsuits are dismissed or dropped because the information needed to identify the person to be sued doesnt exist anymore by the time the RIAA gets done with their paperwork. How many of these 10k people remained anonymous?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 18 May 2005 17:11:17 +0000

Well, then, like them, you have no morals.

- Jim

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 18 May 2005 14:09:32 +0000

“And yet the mainstream media continue to parrot music industry propaganda that its RIAA has successfully sued thousands of people.”

They’re being successful by one standard at least. a cool $30 million. Heck if i could make money that easy i’d take it.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 18 May 2005 00:56:06 +0000

“RIAA lodged its first lawsuit against innocent men, women and children it claims ”

So lame…I cant help but laugh.