5 Years of RIAA Filesharing Lawsuits 148
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "David Kravets of Wired.com, who provided in-person gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Capitol v. Thomas trial last year, takes stock of the RIAA's 5-year-old litigation campaign, concluding it is 'at a crossroads', and noting that 'billions of copies of copyrighted songs are now changing hands each year on file sharing services. All the while, some of the most fundamental legal questions surrounding the legality of file sharing have gone unanswered. Even the future of the RIAA's only jury trial victory — against Minnesota mother Jammie Thomas — is in doubt. Some are wondering if the campaign has shaped up as an utter failure.'"
The legality of file sharing? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:It Never Was... (Score:1, Informative)
They'd happily replace the lot of them with monkeys with typewriters, if they could.
it's all about protecting their monopoly of distribution.
(and lets face it, their monopoly does make MS look like rank amateurs).
Re:"Wondering?" (Score:3, Informative)
Wasnt there a story a while back saying that they'd made like $140million in total from filesharing lawsuits? This amount included the settlements against Napster etc. The recording artists involved in the Napster case were suing the RIAA because they'd not seen a single cent of it.
Not sure how I missed it the first time around but yeah, there was [torrentfreak.com].
It would be pretty hilarious if the RIAA got sued into oblivion by the very artists they claim to "protect".