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Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Lime Wire sues RIAA Today a high school student can record an entire album in his bedroom with a computer. He can sell his cds via his website or via CDBaby or let people download them from E-Muisc. He can hook up with an animator and distribute a music video on youtube. Then they distribute their music on sites like limewire and after people download these songs for free... they do a strange thing. They buy the music to support the artist. Or they buy a t-shirt. Or they go to a concert. People find ways to support artists they like. And every time that happens, the RIAA loses a little bit of power. So they litigate. They sue people who are dead, or 12 years old, or don't own a computer. They sue Napster and Kazaa and most recently Lime Wire. Next they'll sue UPS for carrying a package full of pirated cds. But Lime Wire countered with a suit of their own. They claim (pdf) that the RIAA's goal is "to destroy any online music distribution service they did not own or control, or force such services to do business with them on exclusive and/or other anticompetitive terms so as to limit and ultimately control the distribution and pricing of digital music, all to the detriment of consumers." (paragraph 26, page 18). And they demand a trial by jury. I hope they get it. Blogger News Network is advertiser-supported, and your visits to our advertisers help BNN to meet its expenses. Help keep us afloat! posted by Gunnar at 3:24 PM |
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