The Recording Industry Association of America has withdrawn its offer of amnesty to file-sharers. Previously, the group had agreed not to sue individuals who would pledge to stop trading copyrighted music through peer-to-peer services and applications. However, the RIAA also diverged from its standard message of blaming P2P file-sharing for its dwindling sales figures, instead calling P2P “one factor” among several that are hurting album sales. “That’s a fairly significant change in tune,” Yankee Group senior analyst Mike Goodman told TechNewsWorld.
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RIAA Ends Amnesty Offer in Face of Lawsuit
Posted by: Jay Lyman April 20, 2004 01:33 PMThe Recording Industry Association of America has withdrawn its offer of amnesty to file-sharers. Previously, the group had agreed not to sue individuals who would pledge to stop trading copyrighted music through peer-to-peer services and applications. However, the RIAA also diverged from its standard message of blaming P2P file-sharing for its dwindling sales figures, instead calling P2P “one factor” among several that are hurting album sales. “That’s a fairly significant change in tune,” Yankee Group senior analyst Mike Goodman told TechNewsWorld.