Focus (Forum & Focus)
Apr. 1, 2008
Recording Industry Should Strategize, Not Sue, Over File Sharing
Forum Column - By Sujatha Ganesan - The Recording Industry Association of America’s strategy of suing file-sharers only creates a cycle of threats and settlements without helping musicians.
By Sujatha Ganesan
This article appears on Page 6
There has been an ongoing battle between the Recording Industry Association of America and peer-to-peer file sharers and alleged sharers. The association claims copyright infringement or piracy when individuals share music via the Internet.
Under the Copyright Act of 1976, file-sharing is illegal, and...
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