This just in from the Washington Post…
Recording Industry Sues File Swappers
The Recording Industry Association of America (news – web sites) (RIAA) today said it filed lawsuits against 261 people accused of trading copyrighted songs on the Internet. The group also said that it would not sue file sharers who promise in writing not to do it again.
The lawsuits, which were filed in federal courts across the country, are the RIAA\’s latest tactics in its war against the illegal file sharing that record companies blame for plummeting CD sales.
In June, the RIAA promised to sue hundreds of Internet users suspected of illegally trading music using file-swapping services like Kazaa and Morpheus. The association in August clarified that it only would target the most egregious file sharers.
What do you think of this? Is it stealing to download a music file online via a file-sharing service? Does music want to be free? Have you used these services? Are the music labels right to sue? Let\’s hear it!