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Music Industry Piracy Investigations == ARIA == RIAA
The story does not make it clear that MIPI is actually a part of ARIA, the Australian Recording Industry Association.

If yeahright and cronies agree with the Sharman Networks case, then I fully expect them to start suing gun manufacturers for every gun death, automobile makers for every car death, airline operators for every single air crash death, etc.

Sometimes there is only a fine line between providing a service that can be used for illegal activity and actually aiding and abetting illegal activity. In this case, I don't think Sharman are at fault. The Dutch court case found Kazza not to infringe copyright, ARIA's US case is in trouble (though not yet lost). There is no point to this raid other than grandstanding by ARIA (read RIAA).

The recording industry knows the power of file sharing for distributing music; they know it could be used to greatly increase music sales (the rise of Napster was paralleled by a rise in music sales, Napster's death brought a decline in sales).

The RIAA's biggest issue is that they can't control the companies that provide P2P. I have no doubt that the RIAA et al will eventually deliver music via file sharing, but only when they have the same total control that they have over radio stations.
Posted by: Fred Fredrickson   Posted on: 02/10/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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REALITY CATCHING UP TO THE PIRATES  realitycheck101 | 02/09/04
awaiting death penalty for gun manufacturers  NemesisNL | 02/10/04
Obviously you?ve missed the news.  bjornafreeman@... | 02/10/04
Shakespeare - ?First we kill all the lawyers.?  cybershoplifter | 02/10/04
Logic?  Update victim | 02/10/04
but self defense is a legitimate use for firearms  NemesisNL | 02/10/04
I Agree  voska | 02/10/04
NO theft has EVER occurred  Bobby Sskcat | 02/10/04
Bout right  Drgnslider | 02/10/04
Judge yelled at a lawyer for using TIEHF word  cybershoplifter | 02/10/04
"blah blah blaH PIRACY ROCKS"  cybershoplifter | 02/10/04
Don'tcha love it?  AbsolutelyNot | 02/10/04
Extend a law  Nigel Johnstone | 02/10/04
Music Industry Piracy Investigations == ARIA == RIAA  Fred Fredrickson | 02/10/04
Private Police  Bill4 | 02/10/04
Like to see em try it in Canada  voska | 02/10/04
Like to see em try it in Canada  JohnW_z | 02/10/04
Do you really think this is a win for RIAA?  LinuxDoesntCrash | 02/10/04
Missing two or three zeros  bjornafreeman@... | 02/10/04
Plenty of zeros...  MitchDev | 02/10/04
YEAHRIGHT rewrite of your post  cybershoplifter | 02/10/04
Judge says use of 'theft' is abusive language  cybershoplifter | 02/10/04
Read it and weep mr. YEAHRIGHT  cybershoplifter | 02/10/04
Forced underground  Nullifidian | 02/10/04
Unlawful entry  vmikalinis@... | 02/10/04
You'd think...  Bill4 | 02/10/04
Things to ponder  AbsolutelyNot | 02/10/04

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