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Originally Posted by Fredrik  If RIAA wants to sue they should go after AOL and similar for not taking their responsibility. They make lots of money from the fact that people download copyrighted material. |
Oh no, that would be too hard. They want to scare people into supporting the overpriced and highly dubious affairs of the major labels (the labels that finance the mariah carrie's of this world, whilst being a highly lucrative bank to other bands they sign and invariably screw)
No one is condoning the illegal downloads of music here (although some people seem to feel they are) but the actions of majors and agencies is absurd.
If people are "distributing" downloaded material they don't own the rights to, then it is an offence and there are laws for it already.
But labels are shooting themselves in the foot and trying to hang on to an outdated business plan that just doesn't work these days.