| 22nd JULY 2003 | RIAA nails 1,000 music-lovers in 'new Prohibition' jihad |
RIAA
nails 1,000 music-lovers in 'new Prohibition' jihad
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By Andrew Orlowski in San Francisco
Posted: 19/07/2003 at 11:26 GMT
http://www.theregister.co.uk/
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The Recording Industry Association of America's attack on US culture
has escalated at an alarming pace this week.
On Friday the lobby group that works on behalf of the large, mostly foreign-owned,
music conglomerates that own the music copyrights and distribution channels
confirmed that it was serving subpoenas at the rate of 75 a day on US
citizens for the crime of sharing the music they love.
This signals a change of tactics for the RIAA: as now each individual
file sharer is potentially responsible for thousands of dollars in damages.
Once they were shielded by ISPs, but in the wake of the Verizon case,
individuals
are now exposed to direct intimidation. The RIAA is beside itself with
glee: and boasted that a thousand music-lovers had already been busted.
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