Riaa stories:
Federal Jury Awards RIAA $675K In Tenenbaum Copyright Case
Jul 31st, 2009 - ChannnelWeb
A federal jury ordered Boston University student Joel Tenenbaum Friday to pay $675,000 in damages to major record labels for willful copyright infringement after he illegally downloaded and shared music over online peer-to-peer networks...
Michael Jackson's Groundbreaking Career, By The Numbers
Jun 26th, 2009 - MTV
In the hours after news broke of Michael Jackson's death,sales of the King of Pop's albums skyrocketed, occupying every slot in the top 15 on the Amazon.com best-seller list and about half the top 20 iTunes album and single lists...
Has the RIAA's Fight Against File Sharing Gone Too Far?
Jun 19th, 2009 - PC World
Some legal experts question the constitutionality of a $1.92 million fine given to a woman accused of pirating 24 songs. A Minnesota jury ordered Jammie Thomas-Rasset to pay that yesterday...
'Insane' $1.9 million verdict could prove RIAA's downfall
Jun 19th, 2009 - ZDNet
So Jammie Thomas-Rasset is a thief - a willful copyright infringer - who uploaded 24 songs to the Internet. At least, the jury in her second trial so found in delivering a $1.
Federal Jury: Music Downloader Owes $1.92 Million
Jun 19th, 2009 - InformationWeek
Jammie Thomas-Rasset went to trial this week hoping to nullify an earlier judgment against her on charges that she illegally downloaded music from the Internet. But in this week's jury trial she was deemed liable to pay $80,000 per song or $1.
Riaa videos from YouTube:
1:19RIAA
Why you should not download music online ;)
1:39I H8 the RIAA - Friendship
The RIAA guys returns to save the day and stop a car full of drunken teens from forever ruining their lives...by downloading illegal music. Featuring Art Laurie, Jim Barraford, Anna Friedman ...
5:11R.I.A.A.: The Truth
A mockumentary of how the RIAA is dealing with college students who illegally download, especially at Ohio University. Watch, comment, share with friends. Together we can show the RIAA who's boss: the consumer.
7:19The anti-RIAA Video
Here's a video depicting more truthful facts about the music industry including the RIAA's attacks on file sharers and even MUSICIANS
Riaa from WikiPedia:
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a group which represents the recording industry distributors in the United States. Its members consist of a large number of private corporate entities such as record labels and distributors, which the RIAA say "create, manufacture and/or distribute approximately 85% of all legitimate sound recordings produced and sold in the United States".
The RIAA was formed in 1952 primarily to administer the RIAA equalization curve, a technical standard of frequency response applied to vinyl records during manufacturing and playback. The RIAA has continued to participate in creating and administering technical standards for later systems of music recording and reproduction, including magnetic tape (including cassette tapes and digital audio tapes), CDs and software-based digital technologies.
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