Recently the RIAA sent blackmail pre-litigation letters to college students on several campuses alleging that they had downloaded music and trying to scare them into settling, but the plan is backfiring on them. Far less than half the students have taken the bait and payed online. Most have this attitude about the letters (as should anyone who gets an RIAA notice):
A student who received a pre-litigation letter told Ars that he refused to engage their offer because they offer zero proof of what is alleged. “It’s like receiving blackmail. ‘We know what you did, pay us’ is the message, but they don’t really know me or what I have done,” he wrote. The student wishes to remain anonymous.
Also from the article:
Yet the RIAA offers no proof of their claims, while sometimes trying to make students feel like they’re getting a deal.
Wonder when the RIAA and MPAA and the rest will get with the times and embrace the changing technology and use it to help sagging music sales, instead of fueling sagging music sales by continuing to treat the customer as the enemy. Probably not soon, more’s the pity.
Now listening: silence
Tags: RIAA College Students
Excellent. I’m glad students aren’t all falling for this.
In responce to the RIAA’s tactings vs college students, the Digital Freedom Campaign has launched an initiative called Digital Freedom University. DFU will work to give college students the resources they need to make their voices heard during a time when laws are being written that directly affect innovation and the future of the digital world. Only by working together and through dialogue can every one benefit from digital technology. These tactics will only make things worse for the RIAA in the long run.
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