 birdfeedrPremium,MVM
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Warwick, RI
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1 edit | Of course! It's a pre-emptive strike! From the Rockmart article:
However, in a public statement defending the litigation, the RIAA says its efforts have been effective in dissuading illegal activity.
“The industry’s anti-piracy efforts have deterred a sizeable number of would-be illegal downloaders,” the RIAA statement reads. “Although a significant online problem undoubtedly persists, particularly with hard-core, frequent peer-to-peer users, absent action by the industry, the illegal down-loading world would be exponentially worse.” Someone in the Walls family was thinking of getting a computer to pirate music! The RIAA has secretly implemented their own justice system, after watching The Minority Report. We're about a quarter of the way through their movie.
Either that, or the RIAA "alleges that Carma Walls, of 117 Morgan St., Rockmart, has infringed on copyrights for recorded music..." in a previous life. Get it? Carma?  Sorry I couldn't resist! |
RadioDoc58ef2c0Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11 | I'm sure that pulling random 16 year olds out of their bedrooms, hauling them to the center of town and beating the snot out of them because they might someday download a song would have a deterrent effect too. Nevermind that "guilty" prerequisite.
And the poster above is correct...you don't have to have an actual case to file a lawsuit. If the defendant just ignores the summons, a default judgment is entered and a whole new can of whoopass opens onto your life. That's the primary problem with the RIAA's tactics. They can screw with people--whether they have any hard evidence or not--without consequence in cases like this.
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Toolmaster of La Grange. |
