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12-20-2008, 06:55 AM
RIAA to halt lawsuits, cozy up to ISPs instead
The new strategy (as reported by the Wall Street Journal (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122966038836021137.html)): If the music industry finds out that you're swapping music files online, it'll send an e-mail to your ISP (agreements have already hashed out agreements with "some" unnamed service providers, apparently), which will in turn forward the message to you—probably with a little "P.S." asking you to stop
If you don't stop, well ... your service provider probably won't sue you, but it might slow down your broadband connection, or cut off your service altogether
with the story noting that while the RIAA reserves the right to go after "heavy uploaders or repeat offenders
And here's another possibility, courtesy of yours truly: Say your ISP catches you sharing tunes via P2P. No problem—download away! But when you get your next cable bill, you'll find the itemized songs added to your monthly charge, kind of like an iTunes bill.
RIAA - Recording Industry Association of America (http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0oGkmCCVUxJXGEBWuJXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTByZWgwN28 5BHNlYwNzcgRwb3MDMQRjb2xvA3NrMQR2dGlkAw--/SIG=118hs9rla/EXP=1229825794/**http%3a//www.riaa.com/)
The new strategy (as reported by the Wall Street Journal (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122966038836021137.html)): If the music industry finds out that you're swapping music files online, it'll send an e-mail to your ISP (agreements have already hashed out agreements with "some" unnamed service providers, apparently), which will in turn forward the message to you—probably with a little "P.S." asking you to stop
If you don't stop, well ... your service provider probably won't sue you, but it might slow down your broadband connection, or cut off your service altogether
with the story noting that while the RIAA reserves the right to go after "heavy uploaders or repeat offenders
And here's another possibility, courtesy of yours truly: Say your ISP catches you sharing tunes via P2P. No problem—download away! But when you get your next cable bill, you'll find the itemized songs added to your monthly charge, kind of like an iTunes bill.
RIAA - Recording Industry Association of America (http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0oGkmCCVUxJXGEBWuJXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTByZWgwN28 5BHNlYwNzcgRwb3MDMQRjb2xvA3NrMQR2dGlkAw--/SIG=118hs9rla/EXP=1229825794/**http%3a//www.riaa.com/)