howrman
join:2000-07-08
Philadelphia, PA
3 edits | BBR Story on RIAA Suits is Inaccurate I'm afraid that this story, and many of the comments in response, are premised on the unsupported notion that "not one of the nearly 8,500 cases lodged by the RIAA against on-line file traders has actually reached a court."
In support of this proposition, BBR cites »p2pnet.net/story/3783. While that story reiterates that "none of the almost 8,500 cases lodged by the RIAA against people who share music with each other has reached a court," its only source is: »p2pnet.net/story/3708. In fact, that report does not address the question of whether any of the RIAA cases have been tried yet (except for the vague, unsuportted ipse dixit that, "[t]he victims always settle").
Thus, this story is built on a house of cards. And, the fundamental question -- whether any of the RIAA suits have been litigated -- remains unanswered. |
