Seems the lawyers for the alleged filesharers are holding a conference to work out a strategy and discuss ways to halt the litigation frenzy.
http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2005/10/first-annual-peer-to-peer-litigation.htmlIn September 2003, members of the Recording Association of America filed the
first wave of lawsuits against individual peer-to-peer (P2P) file
sharers. Two years and 14,000 lawsuits later, both P2P file-sharing and
file-sharing litigation continue unabated, and members of the Motion Picture
Association of America (MPAA) are now suing individual Internet users as
well. It's time to step back and consider where this litigation has been,
where it's going, and whether there is a better way.
This one-day conference brings together public and private defense
attorneys, clients, investigators, advocates and academics to discuss the
latest developments in peer-to-peer litigation. How do the RIAA and MPAA go
about identifying plaintiffs? What are the most effective legal strategies
and tactics? Is it better to settle immediately, or fight it out in the
courts? How is this impacting the individuals sued? What is the role of ISPs
in this quagmire? Should Congress step in and, if so, what legislation is
needed? Are there other ways to compensate authors for their
works? Panelists will address these topics and more.
The current litigation/extortion that the Cartels are practicing are a joke as they are entirely ineffectual, the folks behind this campaign are bullys and specifically target the old and the young and in a few cases the handicapped, in fact anyone who they can who will not be able to afford representation.
Their campaign is often illegal in nature and immoral as well as anti democratic, the cold war was won by standing firm, we must do so again against a despicable parasitic enemy.
