December 22nd, 2008

Analysis: RIAA Strategy Shift Mired in Murky Legal Waters

By David Kravets, Wired News

The Recording Industry Association of America's new enforcement strategy is based on a questionable interpretation of what constitutes copyright infringement. And its copyright-detection services remain under a cloud at the center of a class action legal challenge...

"Quitting their lawsuits is one thing. They're actually not renouncing any of the legal arguments they were making," said Fred von Lohmann, an Electronic Frontier Foundation attorney. "Apparently, they are also not stopping the investigation techniques that have been so controversial in a number of states."

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