RIAA v The People

[apcmiller]

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

P2PNet.net

[Tomez]

They'll never stop the sharing :lol: :fist: :fist: :unsure: :D

[Guest Greg]

True actually Tomez, no matter what restriction or law they apply. P2P is one of THE most popular ways of sharing in this modern day society, the internet will lose vital users and lose the reputation it deserves.

[SacredCultivator]

NICE lol, I will be citing this with the use of my Research Paper that I will be composing soon.

Of allt eh possible topics I presented my teacher he likes the one I put about Illegal Downloading.. And I choosing to argue why Illegal Downloading of Music should be legalized and this helps me especially the 'Many of those families suffer severe financial hardship. But despite all the publicity, studies show that P2P usage is increasing instead of decreasing' part =P

If there are more of these articles that Support it I would love to have a look at them :P, thanks.

[Guest Greg]

That's a rather good topic to study and argue about, possibly one of the best topics ever thought up :P

'Illegal Downloading' as you said, is only illegal when you share it, it doesn't meen to say you can rip a CD and then copy it and paste it somewhere on your Hard Drive, why shouldn't that be illegal? I'll tell 'ya why, the guy who invented didn't think of piracy and now it's far too late to correct the problem.