Tuesday, July 29, 2003
Good luck, RIAA
The RIAA came up with its cuckoo scheme to sue everyone who shares files on P2P networks a little while back. They announced that everyone including parents/grandparents of kids who download could be held liable. The EFF retaliated by setting up a site that lets users find out if there are on RIAA subpoenas.
What is the RIAA thinking? Hasn't the success of Itunes taught them any lessons at all? Do they honestly think going after consumers aggresively will help stem the losses of the music industry? Thirteen years after the web came into being, the fossils at RIAA don't seem to have noticed this new medium called the Internet, which has opened up an entirely new distribution channel. The Inquirer in a part-facetious piece suggests that it would take the RIAA 2191.78 years to sue everyone.
She said: "I pulled out my calculator to see just how long it would take the RIAA to sue all 60 million P2P music file traders at a rate of 75 a day. 60,000,000/75 = 800,000 days to subpoena each person or 800,000 days/365 days in a year = 2191.78 years to subpoena each person".
Good luck, RIAA. You're going to need it.
What is the RIAA thinking? Hasn't the success of Itunes taught them any lessons at all? Do they honestly think going after consumers aggresively will help stem the losses of the music industry? Thirteen years after the web came into being, the fossils at RIAA don't seem to have noticed this new medium called the Internet, which has opened up an entirely new distribution channel. The Inquirer in a part-facetious piece suggests that it would take the RIAA 2191.78 years to sue everyone.
She said: "I pulled out my calculator to see just how long it would take the RIAA to sue all 60 million P2P music file traders at a rate of 75 a day. 60,000,000/75 = 800,000 days to subpoena each person or 800,000 days/365 days in a year = 2191.78 years to subpoena each person".
Good luck, RIAA. You're going to need it.
