I'm scratching my head here. Personally, I'm against piracy, however, I don't understand the RIAA's vigorous pursuit of peer sharing thieves. At the same time I do believe the old methods of music distribution are dying. The music industry is fighting hard against this but the result is inevitable. Like the buggy whip before the car, the store bought album is approaching it's sunset.
What got me to write this is two recent articles I read.
Whats next for Jammie Thomas-Rasset
Mrs. Thomas-Rasset had a judgment of $80,000 per song x 24 songs = $1.92 mil. All she did is drop some files in a directory (and tried to cover it up later).
But consider the take down of Rabid Neurosis. They had an outright organization promoting the stealing and active distribution of the music they stole. Some of it was even stolen before it hit shelves, thus competing directly with the studio's roll out of the album.
Feds crack Rabid Neurosis prerelease piracy group
Their possible fine... wait for it...
A maximum five-year sentence and $250,000 fine.
I realize one is a civil suit and the other is criminal. Wouldn't you agree something is still wrong here?
Thursday, September 10, 2009
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