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ariwilson 5 hours ago

Weird to hear a full throated defense of the RIAA here

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beering 5 hours ago | parent [-]

A summary of what happened is not a full-throated defense of anyone.

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nadermx an hour ago | parent | next [-]

How is that classifed as a summary? Cursory search, https://w2.eff.org/IP/P2P/riaa_at_four.pdf

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jamesjhare 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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Fantosism 2 hours ago | parent [-]

It's pretty easy to validate that everything they're saying is accurate.

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/september-8/riaa...

> in practice the RIAA offered defendants the option of establishing a “Clean Slate” by destroying all of their illegally acquired files and paying a settlement of approximately $3 per illegal song.

The two notable cases were:

1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Records,_Inc._v._Thoma...

2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_Music_Entertainment_v...

	▲	nadermx an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Weird, what about this? https://w2.eff.org/IP/P2P/riaa_at_four.pdf