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Near the end of 2008, the Recording Industry Association of America announced that it would no longer sue individual users for sharing music on the Internet. Instead, the RIAA said that would enlist the aid of Internet Service Providers to combat piracy. The RIAA intended for ISPs, like AT&T and Comcast, to help them avoid lawsuits and thwart music pirates on a large scale.

Six months later, however, that plan has not materialized. An article published last week on CNET points out how the RIAA announced its ISP-driven plan months in advance, without concrete details or contracts to support it. Despite the fact that a few ISPs thought they would partner with the RIAA earlier this year, many are still wary of making such a deal. The RIAA is trying to turn ISPs into “their own Internet cops,” says Cindy Cohn, legal director for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. “What the ISPs appear to be saying is that this isn’t our job.”
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VIRTUAL JUNGLE
Not long ago, the RIAA announced that it would no longer sue individuals for copyright infringement. Instead, the RIAA devised a plan wherein it would partner with Internet service providers to police online pirating. Based on the new plan, after the RIAA identifies a music pirate, it would alert that person’s ISP. The ISP would then warn the copyright infringers about the pitfalls of illegal downloading, possibly cutting their connection. I suppose when the RIAA realized it would always be too costly to sue individuals, it decided to push those costs onto the ISPs themselves.
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VIRTUAL JUNGLE
Not long ago, the RIAA announced that it would no longer sue individuals for copyright infringement. Instead, the RIAA devised a plan wherein it would partner with Internet service providers to police online pirating. Based on the new plan, after the RIAA identifies a music pirate, it would alert that person’s ISP. The ISP would then warn the copyright infringers about the pitfalls of illegal downloading, possibly cutting their connection. I suppose when the RIAA realized it would always be too costly to sue individuals, it decided to push those costs onto the ISPs themselves.
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