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| Relax, everyone... ...this new tactic is not going to jeopardize music sharing. The RIAA simply does not have the resources to fight the P2P community on every front. RIAA is trying to make an example of someone, which will most likely galvanize MORE opposition against it.
For the record industry, this is like fighting the Hydra from Greek mythology. Shut down one supernode, and two others pop up in its place.
P2P is a worldwide phenomenon. The costs of international litigation are very high. So how does the record industry plan on shutting down the supernodes in China, Russia, etc.?
This effort, like all others before, is destined to fail. Miserably. | |
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| said by p2p4ever:
RIAA is trying to make an example of someone, which will most likely galvanize MORE opposition against it.
It's amazing how they never learn from their mistakes, isn't it? A couple years ago, you ask some average joe who the RIAA is, they wouldn't even know - but would maybe think it was some benevolent association..
Now, tons of people you run into know who the RIAA is, and they're quite irate about their tactics.
The RIAA won't learn from this one either, and when they get 50,000 new enemies from this one, they'll just say "Why are music sales down??"
And their only response will be "Arrest some more file traders, and put out another boy band!"
Not until the Jack Valentis and Hilary Rosens of this world retire and are replaced by new blood who realize it isn't 1950 anymore will anything positive happen in the entertainment industry.
They might just have to face the fact that nowadays their business may be only worth a few billion - since they can't fleece people on the price of CDs anymore.
They'll either have to offer more (SACDs, DVD Audio, extras on each), lower prices (to the $10 range), or offer music for a reasonable price that you can download and burn online.
Otherwise, there'll be nothing left. We just need to see when they'll realize that. | |
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