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Originally Posted by hexydes
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I wrote an article on the RIAA's litigation strategy/other issues relating mainly to students for the law review I'm on. An interesting area, and it did actually give me a little more sympathy for the RIAA than I had before. These guys are getting raped, but they're also acting like idiots and overreacting by suing/bullying what should be their best customers. If they were smart they would adjust to the market and move more to online distribution and voluntary collective licensing...they are slowly adjusting, but have burned a lot of bridges. Didn't have time to read most of the post as I'm trying to take a 5 minute break from finals, but I'll try to remember to go back, read it, and post some comments next week.
And you're right that all of this is copyright infringement rather than being illegal, but if I recall correctly the DMCA does make some things subject to criminal penalties, but I could be wrong, it's been a few months and my brain is fried right now.
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Last edited by MattR644; 05-11-2008 at 01:29 AM.
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