According to an article from The Wall Street Journal dated Dec. 19, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has just devised a new strategy to further reduce Internet piracy of music and vastly restrict expenses for costly litigation. The plan is to delegate disciplinary measures to Internet Service Providers (ISP's) themselves instead of preparing lawsuits for every infraction.
Although the RIAA has become infamous for pursuing legal action for piracy offenders, with some successful lawsuits garnering up to $150,000 in "lost revenue" for the RIAA due to pirated and not-purchased music, this latest method of delegating responsibility to ISPs can be seen as a quiet admission that litigation alone is too expensive to maintain as an effective strategy.
In an interview with Ars Technica, a blog-style computer news aggregator, RIAA president Cary Sherman described the technology used to identify and notify offenders as "essentially the same" as that used for the lawsuit campaign.
The Original article is writen by David Lumb and published on New University. Click here to read full length piece.
| Company: | Ars Technica |
| Currency: | USD |
| Industry Term: | Internet Piracy, Internet Service Providers |
| Organization: | Recording Industry Association Of America |
| Person: | Cary Sherman |
| Published Medium: | The Wall Street Journal |
| Technology: | ISP |
