RIAA vs The World

Posted Monday, August 28th 2006

It seems that it’s really becoming a case of RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) VS The World. We are all aware that the RIAA is successfully alienating internet users and music listeners from their labels and musicians, and refuses to get with the times and embrace new technology. Instead, they limit consumer’s rights, sue everyone they can, for sometimes outrageous sums and make themselves look like the new evil in the process.

TechZ pointed me to this story about a defendant, that was initially sued by the RIAA for file sharing. However, the defendant tried to protect herself by wiping her hard disks clean, and ended up being punished for destruction of evidence. Now, it does make sence, but it just proves that the RIAA will be happy to get you for anything - it doesn’t have to be a copyright issue.

There seems to be a trick though - if you can prove that an IP address does not directly point to one single person, you can win a case against the RIAA, and get off clean.

It’s crap like the RIAA and MPAA that makes the Internet a worse place for all of us. Personally, I blame Altavista and Lars Ulrich.