When you retard fair use with pointless DRM and then sue anonymous children for illegally downloading music while ignoring those of the execs at the top of the music industry, well, you’re asking for a public relations nightmare. Now, with more than 35,000 lawsuits to its credit, the RIAA says it will finally end the legal assault against consumers that began back in 2003. The Recording Industry Association of America will instead, focus its anti-piracy efforts with ISPs. Under the new plan, the RIAA will contact ISPs when illegal uploading is detected. The ISP will then contact the customer with a notice that would ultimately be followed by a reduction or cessation of service. As you’d expect, the RIAA is not commenting on which ISPs they are in cahoots with. The RIAA also says that it won’t require ISPs to reveal the identities of individuals but could, of course, go after individuals who are heavy uploaders or repeat offenders. For the moment though, it appears that single-mothers are in the clear.
hmmm, I wonder who they’re dealing with. I would assume comcast… wonder if they’re in cahoots with Verizon or TW?
I would assume they don’t really need to be “in” with any ISP. They just need to gather their evidence the way they have been and present it to an ISP.
This plan make a whole lot more sense and will probably result in far less piracy than trying to sue individual pirates.
The new policy just makes a lot more sense. I’m sure it’s a time consuming and expensive process for them to files lawsuits against 1000’s of individuals where as simply sending a letter to their ISP and having their service terminated should be much easier. If you get booted from Adelphia for piracy you’re going to think long and hard about continuing to be a pirate on Verizon since if you’re booted there you’ll be stuck going back to dialup.