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Posted by Steven Wu on Thursday, July 31 @ 17:44:46 EDT File Sharing
Senator Norm Coleman, the chairman of the Senate's permanent subcommittee on investigations, has started an inquiry into the RIAA's recent flurry of lawsuits against filesharers. So far, Coleman has "asked the Recording Industry Association of America for, among other things, copies of its subpoenas issued to Internet providers, and description of its safeguards against targeting innocent people." His primary concern seems to be that innocent people could be unjustifiably hit with a big lawsuit.

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Re: Senate Inquires into RIAA Suits (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Friday, August 01 @ 04:01:16 EDT
I agree with Senator Coleman views on RIAA's latest tactics in the digital file-sharing war against the online community. This blanket approach of our legal system has exponential implications. This resonates many of the reasons why a large class action suit against a tobacco company for failing to warn consumers of nicotine addiction wouldn't be justified, in a reciprocated manner. Look at the classes of people we're dealing with. How about the bystanders of the online community? Stone-walled, it looks like the RIAA is shooting arrows in the dark until they hit something, or someone.


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