- Aug 21, 2002
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"If you're sharing music online, the record industry is coming after you.
The Recording Industry Association of America begins today an unprecendented campaign to track down U.S. music fans who trade unauthorized songs on Internet file-sharing networks. The group plans to track down those who offer "substancial" collections of MP3 song files for downloading and will file "hundreds" of lawsuits as early as August.
The group's president, Cary Sherman, said tens of millions of Web users of pirate services such as Kazaa will expose themselves to "the real risk of having to face the music."
Sherman blames unauthorized file sharing and CD burning for contributing to worldwide music sales dropping from $40 billion in 2000 to $26 billion in 2002.
Critics accused the recording group of resorting to heavy-handed tactics likely to alienate millions of Web file-sharers.
"Today, they have declared war on the American consumer," Said Fred von Lohmann, a lawyer for the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Analyst Phil Leigh with market research firm Raymond James predicts the "geeks" will find ways to create file-sharing systems that offer anonymity."
- Thursday, June 26, 2003 (front page article)
Lets get crackin, "geeks"
The Recording Industry Association of America begins today an unprecendented campaign to track down U.S. music fans who trade unauthorized songs on Internet file-sharing networks. The group plans to track down those who offer "substancial" collections of MP3 song files for downloading and will file "hundreds" of lawsuits as early as August.
The group's president, Cary Sherman, said tens of millions of Web users of pirate services such as Kazaa will expose themselves to "the real risk of having to face the music."
Sherman blames unauthorized file sharing and CD burning for contributing to worldwide music sales dropping from $40 billion in 2000 to $26 billion in 2002.
Critics accused the recording group of resorting to heavy-handed tactics likely to alienate millions of Web file-sharers.
"Today, they have declared war on the American consumer," Said Fred von Lohmann, a lawyer for the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Analyst Phil Leigh with market research firm Raymond James predicts the "geeks" will find ways to create file-sharing systems that offer anonymity."
- Thursday, June 26, 2003 (front page article)
Lets get crackin, "geeks"
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