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Originally Posted by mynameisjim
There is no backlash to be had. What are people going to do? The RIAA is a lobbying group, they don't give a shit what people think about them. The RIAA is the muscle, they are suppose to look bad so the artists can act like they are all about the fans and not dirty their hands with this sort of thing.
The media companies are in this for the long haul now and they want the laws to change in their favor. Honestly, it doesn't matter what people think or they feel toward towards the RIAA. If they can't download their favorite music for free, they will start buying it again. People buy into artists, not the lobbying group or the record labels behind them.
The masses never win in the end. Look throughout history, the minority always ends up controlling the majority. The internet will be no different. Big companies will get back all they've lost and then some in the very near future. Not saying that's a good thing, but it's just the way the world works.
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printing press
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the courts seem to ultimately rule in favor of the masses
you have to understand that if the she gets the right to declare bankruptcy on the debt
then all that is necessary for this to turn into a world class nightmare of publicity for the RIAA would be for one of her kids to "confess" that they downloaded the songs.
The story would change from she deserved it to the big bad RIAA dragging a mother thru the courts, trying to take her house for something she never actually did.
If you think the demands for making "file sharing for personal use" being a legally defined fair use are strong now imagine how bad it will get when that happens.
How easy would it be to just fake that event, once the kids can legally declare bankruptcy on the debt.