Recording industry asks for ISP help
The Recording Industry Association of America or the RIAA has a hard time dealing with pirates, and now they’re asking for ISPs to help them out. After suing a lot of people for sharing music online, they have finally seen the light and admitted that this procedure will never work.
Under the new plan, copyright owners will send infringement notices to ISPs, who will in turn notify their users — and possibly sanction them if they don’t respond to numerous messages.
Although pending litigation will continue, the recording industry agreed to stop new lawsuits after working with Andrew Cuomo, New York’s attorney general, and unidentified ISPs throughout the fall. Under the new plan, copyright owners will send infringement notices to ISPs, who will in turn notify their users — and possibly sanction them if they don’t respond to numerous messages.