The Recording Industry Association of America has sent letters to seven peer-to-peer companies, asking them to halt what the RIAA alleges is their practice of encouraging users to illegally distribute copyrighted material. The RIAA's actions follow a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June against P2P services provider Grokster and marks one of the first actions the recording industry trade group has taken against P2P services beyond Grokster. In a unanimous decision, the court said companies that build businesses with the active intent of encouraging copyright infringement should be held liable for their customers' illegal actions. "Companies situated similarly to Grokster have been given ample opportunity to do the right thing," a RIAA spokesperson said. "Those businesses that continue to knowingly operate on the wrong side of that line do so at their own risk." The letters were mailed to seven file-sharing companies, according to a RIAA spokesperson, who declined to identify the companies. Companies such as eDonkey, LimeWire and Kazaa were viewed as potential targets of litigation after the Supreme Court ruling because of their unrestricted file-swapping services. Under the court's decision, these companies could face the additional burden of demonstrating they were not encouraging users to circumvent copyright laws. In a copy of the letter obtained by CNET News.com, the RIAA states: "We demand that you immediately cease-and-desist from enabling and inducing the infringement of RIAA member sound recordings. If you wish to discuss pre-litigation resolution of these claims against you, please contact us immediately."
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no good its to late
all those p2p programs are decentralized etc
and millions of copies are floating about everywhere
Oh RIAA sux
f you wish to discuss pre-litigation resolution of these claims against you, please contact us immediately.
This is the interesting part of the story. So what are they trying to get them to do.. You guys should give them a ring.
tho I expect that they will be sending out to the Press, there standard line.
Sorry RIAA, but Grokster actively encouraged people to share copyrighted material.......making the software is not enough to state that they are encouraging piracy LOL!
What about sharing folders in windows?
once again meh.....
this is about as retarded as when they allowed everyone to get amesty for their actions by admitting that they are stopping being a pirate
What about it?Originally Posted by beardedwonder
Sharing folders isn't illegal... you can share folders all day every day if you want and nobody can do anything about it.
Folders aren't copyrightable...
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It said seven and listed 4. what are the others?
ok ed2k could get shut... i belive kad(emule own network )is decentralized....gnutella is the way to go. its 100000000% decentralized.bittorent eh...blubster overnet could come back with a serverless network...
It's not illegal, but RIAA is going for broke in both trying to give everyone the impression that all filesharing is illegal, immoral and punishable, and shutting down all development of filesharing technologies, using bogus legal threats. I really hope, at this point, that some large company rips them apart for their shady, thuggish tactics.
This isn't about copyright protection, and it never was. It's about trying to preserve profits and a business model by depriving citizens of their legal rights and stopping technologies that enables artists to market their creations directly to customers.
I'm sure I'm preaching to the choir, but I think this story, more than any other I've read, laid the RIAA's actual agenda out for all to see.
It occurs to me that a serious challenge to the RIAA could be mounted by someone who wanted to set up a recording company that specifically adopted filesharing as a distribution model. There's a seriously underserved market of artists out there.
Nope. I can't figure out if this is a serious move by the RIAA that could actually succeed, or a desperation move that will only backfire badly.
Language again, language people! *tsks at the RIAA chidingly*
encouraging != enabling
encouraging != inducing
Has anyone sued the (MP|RI)AA yet for extortion, anticompetitive practices, and price fixing? Where are all the anti-SLAPP lawsuits? What about Vexatious Litigation?
uh oh.
Instant message clients could be used to share copyrighted information
The internet can be used to share information
Why doesnt the RIAA just try to force the world to abandon computer technology all together?
Or why dont they do something helpful and maybe lower thier damn prices? I can get 2 DVDs at Future shop for less then 1 crappy CD with one good song on it!
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