Thursday, December 15, 2005

RIAA sues ANOTHER 751 file-swappers

Another 751 Americans have just won the lottery - I read somewhere recently... (forgive me for not referencing - I read a lot!)... that in the USA you have about the same chance of winning the lottery as you do of being sued by the RIAA.

Another 751 cases that will never make it to trial; with one report suggesting only 2% of paid music consumers say they do so out of fear of litigation.

It seems however that there might be a file sharing (film) case going to trial in Pennsylvania where summary judgement was denied.

J. Borland, RIAA sues 751 file-swappers, CNET News, 15 December 2005

R. Menta, Ipsos-Reid: Only 2% of Consumers Care About Legal Issues With Downloading Music, mp3newswire, 8 December 2005

http://www.paed.uscourts.gov/documents/opinions/05D1458P.pdf