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I can believe that it wasn't RIAA staff that did the downloading; it certainly seems plausible that people at the ISP abused these IPs (which seem to be assigne
by TomAnthony 15y ago
I can believe that it wasn't RIAA staff that did the downloading; it certainly seems plausible that people at the ISP abused these IPs (which seem to be assigned to servers) for downloading torrents.
The most interesting part from my point of view is that IP addresses are what the RIAA use to point to two things:
1) Identity.
2) Accountability.
Now they are trying to use one of these things to shrug off the other as a defence, whilst using the same two points for offence on the other side of the battlefield.
Furthermore, the fact that they appear to be succeeding points to a not exactly balanced legal system.
- viraptor 15y agoThey probably did the wrong thing too. If they just "identified" and fired a random person for it and made it public, they could continue with their tactic. Now they can't do that anymore - the next well known "downloader" lawsuit will use the same line they did...
- zizee 15y agoThis will not stop their use of this tactic. 1. Greater than 50% of people are "guilty" of copyright infringement. 2. It is cheaper to pay several thousand dollars in shake down fees than engage a lawyer (even if you are not part of the guilty set above). The RIAA will continue to spray and prey (spelling intentional) as it is a winning technique. The judicial system in the US is broken in this respect, and something big needs to change for this to get fixed.