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Thursday, June 26, 2003

RIAA Sues Swappers
RIAA plans to sue those who swap too much copyrighted material over P2P networks. So in my infinite density let me see if I understand this.

Swapping copyrighted material is illegal. Got it.

If I swap copyrighted material and the RIAA can prove it then I get...arrested? No, sued.

Translate the above slightly. I break the law and get sued, not arrested. What's wrong here?

Simply, if there's evidence of an illegal act then the penalty should result in an arrest. The arrest could result in fines - no problem. But for the RIAA or the music industry to sidestep the law is unethical, immoral, and quite typical of the way things are going these days. Either there's enough evidence for an arrest or not enough. Scare tactics like these lawsuits only burden our legal system and profit those that can afford to follow through the process, in this case, the music industry.

And they wonder why sales are falling...

9:08 AM

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