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There's 300 or so pending suits
"but who wants to be the first to risk it in court to see if the RIAA house of card falls apart?"

There are quite a few cases that are not settling and scrambling to be among the first to litigate the issue. They are being treated as pro bono by the groups supporting the individual being sued and they are likely to be the death of the RIAA once the judges start making rulings.

The RIAA is using the threat of large awards in the tens of thousands of dollars for legal fees and court costs to cower the file swappers who are really only doing a few hundred of dollars of swapping damage to the labels. In general, this is know as "abuse of process" and the RIAA will eventually come across a judge or two that will put them into contempt for doing so.

The day is coming when the labels and artists will need to create a whole new paradigm for music distribution. As of now, the labels are showing that they are largely unnecessary and exist only to promote an artist on their string into prominence by spending lavishly on promotions that they pay for by charging a lot for the finished product that they have worked into a demand.

The more modern form may be for the media channels, cable and networks, to generate their super stars much as the motion picture industry does now. They will need to recoup their investments by holding concerts on air and retrieving their costs from advertising revenues. TV production companies today do not have any problem with continuity of the art and they never had and never will have much in the way of personal media sales on DVD or CDs. The TV actors make as much money and are as popular as any singer today.
Posted by: Bill Weisgerber   Posted on: 12/20/03 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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In any event...  GRindinAxTaRupy | 12/19/03
Money and Senators' children  AbsolutelyNot | 12/19/03
Money and Senators' children Senators' children  Jomo_z | 12/20/03
Because  prong@... | 12/20/03
Ask yourself the death question  Nigel Johnstone | 12/19/03
TIME FOR THIEVES TO GET REAL !!!  realitycheck101 | 12/19/03
a few points  ryusen | 12/19/03
Thieves  daryll@... | 12/19/03
Downloading not a crime  d_jedi | 12/19/03
Downloading illegal files is a crime  voska | 12/20/03
There's 300 or so pending suits  Bill Weisgerber | 12/20/03
Look, every single person who steals music via P2P knows full well they are  guitar player | 12/20/03
sheesh... it must be crime then  rock06r | 12/20/03
Did you run out of fingers and toes?  rock06r | 12/20/03
Its is time for the complainers to get educated  zip_z | 12/22/03
all this rigmarole to try to protect a dying organization?  Lord Talon | 12/19/03
copyrights  brinf1 | 12/19/03
What does that have to do with a business plan?  Anton Philidor | 12/19/03
That's because you missed the ulterior motive here  voska | 12/20/03
You forgot one  rock06r | 12/20/03
hmmm...I don't recall saying that, perhaps you could point it out?  Lord Talon | 12/22/03
The Middle Road  xcali | 12/19/03
This what really scares the recording Industry  voska | 12/20/03
You are so right  NemesisNL | 12/20/03
The Beatles  guitar player | 12/20/03
I dont side with people that "trade" music, but I can't believe the RIAA  rock06r | 12/20/03
did they pass on that savings  JWatson77 | 12/21/03
price fixing is stealing  JWatson77 | 12/21/03
Radio?  haxmya | 12/22/03
Purchasing Music...after that it's mine right?  haxmya | 12/22/03

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