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RIAA Sues 261 Music Downloaders
In early September, the Recording Industry Association of America, known to most as the RIAA, delivered lawsuits to two hundred and sixty one people who have been sharing up to one thousand copyrighted music files through programs such as Kazaa, although users of other file transfer programs have been targeted. ... According to the head of the RIAA, Cary Sherman, this isn’t the last teenager to be victimized by their legal actions. ... If its Carey Sherman, its because the RIAA lost somewhere in the range of one billion dollars over the past few years because of people downloading music rather than buying it. If you ask the everyday student, there probably isn’t a fuss, other than trying to find their music they want virus-free. ... The RIAA has set up an amnesty program, which you can learn more about at http://www. ... This program essentially makes you give the RIAA all of your personal info, and proof that you no longer have any illegal music on your computer. You also have to sign some sort of statement saying that you will never download any music again…ever. Once you do that, the RIAA guarantees that they won’t lay a subpoena in your mailbox. ... what if we go through with this thing, and then still download music? ... You broke a legal contract, and the RIAA can potentially sue you for it, and again for downloading the music. ... tk) won’t stop the evil RIAA attorneys from banging on your door and potentially dragging you into court. ... The only thing I can really advise is to not upload (send out) music, and to only download in moderation…as in no more than three songs at a time. Yes, I know it sounds hard, but its better than having to fork over cash to the RIAA. ...
As of now, the only way to legally download music is by paying for it, which is unfortunately probably going to be the way things end up being.
Approximate Word count = 1660
Approximate Pages = 6.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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