RIAA v The People
p2p news / p2pnet: Today marks the first summit for lawyers and anyone else interested in entertainment industry efforts to sue you into being good little consumers again.
As the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) stresses, it’s been two years since the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) started suing music fans who share songs online. And, as p2p sites and communities have been saying, and the lamescream media have been studiously ignoring, although “Thousands of Americans have been hit by lawsuits, but both peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing and the litigation continue unabated.”
In RIAA v. The People: Two Years Later, released today, the EFF continues the argument that the sue ‘em all lawsuits single out, “only a select few fans for retribution,” and many of them can’t afford either to settle the case or defend themselves.
“Out of the millions of people who download music from P2P systems every day, the RIAA arbitrarily picks a few hundred to sue every month,” says EFF senior staff attorney Fred von Lohmann. “Many of those families suffer severe financial hardship. But despite all the publicity, studies show that P2P usage is increasing instead of decreasing.”
RIAA v. The People” was released in conjunction with the first annual P2P Litigation Summit in Chicago on Thursday, which brings together defense attorneys, clients, advocates, and academics to discuss the latest developments in the lawsuits, says the EFF.
Three other reports released Thursday were aimed at helping lawyers representing music fans sued by the RIAA.
RIAA v. The People: Two Years Later
Typical Claims and Counter Claims in Peer to Peer Litigation
Parental Liability for Copyright Infringement
Copyright Judgments in Personal Bankruptcy
P2P Litigation Summit
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See:-
first summit – 1st p2p conference: REMINDER !!, November 2, 2005
stresses – File-Sharing Lawsuits Fail to Deter P2P Downloaders, November 3, 2005
studiously ignoring – Hollywood lies, corporate bull, November 2, 2005
November 3rd, 2005 at 3:57 pm
One question —-
Question: if the EFF is so against this victimization, why isn’t it representing any of the victims?
Morg
November 3rd, 2005 at 4:51 pm
Money, that is why. However, it can fight with information, and that is what it is doing. It is giving information to the victims of frivolous lawsuits.
November 4th, 2005 at 7:29 am
Good stuff.
It’s about time some brains got together to
stop the RI** jerks.
It’s obviously an abuse of the legal system
where HUGE money music industry stomps
on little people using their own money
(profits from selling music to the little people).
Very nice.
Crush your customers, duh, good idea.