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The RIAA legal stormtroopers are still at it. They recently attempted to sue a woman for illegal downloading. She responded that she didn't perform the acts she was accused of, and that the account name they referenced was that of her 14-year-old daughter. In response, they sued her daughter instead.
Northwestern Law School in Chicago is hosting a conference for people who have been sued by the RIAA (and friends). The fact that there are enough people out there to invite to such a conference is a sobering fact that illustrates just how many lawsuits the recording industry is filing. http://www.boingboing.net/2005/10/05/conference_for_riaa_.html Not satisfied just going after Internet downloaders, the RIAA has now begun to attack the providers of satellite radio as well, for allowing their devices to record the music broadcast via satellite. http://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdot/to?m=680 What I don't understand is why the RIAA can't learn from HBO's example. HBO wants to prevent people from using BitTorrent to download episodes of its new show, "Rome". To prevent the practice, or at least make it more difficult, they've been "poisoning" the network by offering fake downloads that don't complete, garbage data that looks like the real episodes, etc. This method should have a much more powerful effect on downloaders than lawsuits, because it makes the material more difficult to get in the first place, perhaps discouraging downloaders from trying in the first place. It can be done cheaper than a lawsuit, and doesn't generate the kind of negative press the RIAA is getting. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/10/07/015210&from=rss
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