RIAA sues another 717 file sharers
The Record Industry Association of America (RIAA) is suing 717 file sharers who it alleges are infringing copyright laws. This follows on from them suing 754 individuals only last month.
The RIAA, despite fierce criticism, are not showing any signs of relenting in their pursuit of those they believe to be breaking copyright law, even though studies have shown that online file sharing may not be impacting the industry to any great amount.
What would appear to be impacting the industry is the high number of organised crime gangs running CD counterfeiting plants, but they are not as soft a target as your average home user.
The RIAA still appears to believe that their tactics are the best way to eliminate piracy. We believe that if they invested as much time and effort into educating end users about the alternatives available to them for acquiring music legally as they do for filing law suits, the problem of illegal music sharing may be reduced. This is however, rather unlikely to happen.
