RIAA Plans Lawsuits Against File Traders

Computers & Internet Forum

The chief lobby group of the nation's major recording labels today said it would file 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.

"We have no hard and fast rules about how many files you have to be distributing" to be targeted in the RIAA sweep, he said. "Any individual computer user who continues to steal music will face the very real risk of having to face the music."

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Is there any way to avoid being sued? And what about all the teens who are dirt poor and wouldn't be worth suing?

Apparently, they are primarily interested in suing individuals who OFFER loads of copyrighted music. They're not so much interested in those who just download ("leechers").

Of course, that is the very foundation of a peer to peer network - with no one offering uploads, there are no downloads.

kazaa is unstopable. There is ar least 60 million users. RIAA r jus fools


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