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by RustyShackleford on August 13th, 2009
I think that the owners of intellectual property are perfectly entitled to protect their rights, which includes suing people who they believe are violating those rights (a court may disagree with them in the end, but if they have a good-faith argument that their rights are being infringed upon, they're within their rights to bring a lawsuit).
However, I think they're going about it in the wrong way. Suing grandmothers and college students who may or may not have shared a few songs on the Internet just makes them look like bullies, even if the law is technically on their side.
It's simply creating a generation of young people who hate all copyright owners because of the actions of a few, and as a result, have absolutely no respect for intellectual property rights.
Do you think the RIAA should be sued by the American Public?
by Your sisters cute friend on June 5th, 2011
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Is it copyright infringement to use a photo of a blackberry in a test item? (see description)
by Sethdragon44 on September 7th, 2011
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Are model numbers for products like TV's either copyrighted or trademarks?
by putting4par on May 13th, 2011
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What is the copy right laws for pictures on shirts?
by rocklesson86 on August 2nd, 2011
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Free but password-protected PDF file converted into an ePub and redistributed?
by noah.yuttadhammo on August 20th, 2011
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You're reading So, a huge subject in this day and age are Intellectual Property Rights (IPR's), and the isolation of a whole group of consumers by the RIAA & MPAA. Just wondering, but what is your opinion of the current situation pretaining to these subjects?
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If young people would respect copyright ownership in the first place, the RIAA would not be suing. Should the victim of theft really care about how the thieves feel about them?
by OhLook - IamNoLongerAnonymous on August 25th, 2009