The Washington Post has posted
an article that says that
RIAA is going to start filing lawsuits against everyone who is sharing music on the file trading networks, well maybe not everyone, but lots of people. According to the article the number is in the hundreds.
Here is a quote from the
article:
The chief lobby group of the nation's major recording labels today said it is preparing hundreds of lawsuits against Internet users who illegally trade copyrighted music files.
The lawsuits will target people who share "substantial" amounts of copyrighted music, but anyone who shares illegal files is at risk, RIAA President Cary Sherman said in a conference call today. The first round of lawsuits will be prepared during the next eight to 10 weeks. They will ask for injunctions and monetary damages against file swappers, Sherman said.
The reporter interviewed the president of Grokster, who said:
Wayne Rosso, president of the West Indies-based Grokster file-trading service, said the RIAA's tactics are "nothing short of lunacy."
"I can't wait to see what happens when a congressman or senator's child is sued," he said. "They've taken leave of their senses. They lost their [Los Angeles] lawsuit against us and they're pissed about it, so their answer is to sue their customers.
"We know this piracy is wrong and can't go on, but for God's sake, they won't work with us under any circumstances," he added.
Of course, according to
this memo RIAA really needs to get people who work at music companies to stop trading on these file sharing networks. Maybe they should start by suing their member companies' own employees?
[via
BoingBoing]
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