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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
Well, last I checked they've been "aggressive" for years now. In fact, in the US they're less aggro than in the past; the peak was in 2005, when the RIAA was suing ordinary citizens. They stopped that in 2008, so by 2009 the number of copyright lawsuits was back at their 2004 levels.
Feel free to chew on these for awhile.
2010: http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/DMR2010.pdf
2011: http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/DMR2011.pdf
Much of it discusses legit services, and has a section on piracy. It includes references to multiple studies that indicate that "free" is a top reason why people go to P2P sources; that nations like Spain with lax IP enforcement have high piracy rates; that Sweden enacted a tough IP law (IPRED), and the following year music revenues rose for the first time in years. |
Say what?
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-20021735-93.html
Whats all this then? I know it happened in 2007 but shes in court now.