Music Industry to Abandon Mass Suits

Liviu_5 · 12-19-2008, 09:03 AM

As per WSJ:

"After years of suing thousands of people for allegedly stealing music via the Internet, the recording industry is set to drop its legal assault as it searches for more effective ways to combat online music piracy.

....

Instead, the Recording Industry Association of America said it plans to try an approach that relies on the cooperation of Internet-service providers. The trade group said it has hashed out preliminary agreements with major ISPs under which it will send an email to the provider when it finds a provider's customers making music available online for others to take."

montsnmags · 12-19-2008, 09:06 AM

Some other information and opinion that includes "the fine print":

http://techdirt.com/articles/20081219/0225073172.shtml

Cheers,
Marc

Greg Anos · 12-19-2008, 09:53 AM

Ah, the return of Sneakernet...And private BBSes (on off-shore locations).....

12-19-2008, 09:03 AM	#1
Liviu_5 Books and more books Posts: 917 Karma: 69499 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: White Plains, NY, USA Device: Nook Color, Itouch, Nokia770, Sony 650, Sony 700(dead), Ebk(given)	Music Industry to Abandon Mass Suits As per WSJ: "After years of suing thousands of people for allegedly stealing music via the Internet, the recording industry is set to drop its legal assault as it searches for more effective ways to combat online music piracy. .... Instead, the Recording Industry Association of America said it plans to try an approach that relies on the cooperation of Internet-service providers. The trade group said it has hashed out preliminary agreements with major ISPs under which it will send an email to the provider when it finds a provider's customers making music available online for others to take."

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montsnmags Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,155 Karma: 4632658 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: none	Some other information and opinion that includes "the fine print": http://techdirt.com/articles/20081219/0225073172.shtml Cheers, Marc

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