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Tuesday, May 25, 2004

Wired News: RIAA Bags 493 More Swappers

Here we go again, the RIAA Bags 493 More Swappers. It isn't enough that we must endure extremely high prices in the record stores, or, the fact our courts are being tied up by these ridiculous lawsuits. As you probably know, the RIAA has successfully sued "nearly 1000 file sharers" now. Instead of picking on the very people who make the
recording industry

 Posted by Hello what it is, they should be using file-sharing technology themselves. The money they'd make would far surpass any revenue made from lawsuits. Of course, they would make the argument that it is a matter of principle as to the reason they're going after people. I know they have a point, but it seems to me that it's more about laziness than anything else. I mean, the technology is there for the taking. It's not as though there is no other recourse to resolve their problems. If you have read this ongoing saga, you'd know there are many factors that go into why the RIAA Posted by Hello
recording industry says it's losing money. File-sharing just isn't one of those factors.

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