24 December 2008

RIAA’s new piracy plan criticised

Eileen McDermott, New York

The Recording Industry Association of America last week told The Wall Street Journal that it plans to halt its massive campaign against peer-to-peer file sharers in favour of a new and perhaps equally controversial tactic

Although the Association has yet to release details, it has said that it will abandon its five-year crusade against file sharers and instead work directly with internet service providers (ISPs) to target piracy.

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