The record labels’ sue ‘em all campaign is having a noticeable impact on file sharing.
That’s what RIAA president Cary-Sue Sherman and his team of fact realignment specialists would have you, and the world at large, believe.
However, a visit to any network will instantly prove the reality is very different and as Slyck’s Tom Mennecke states it here:
“Although the RIAA’s holy war had some initial success, current network losses tend to be slight, or non-existent.”
FastTrack is/was the focal point of the RIAA’s assault and more than a month since the first shots were fired, the FastTrack network remains steady, he says. “At the time of this writing [August 1] the FastTrack network had 3.9 million users sharing 6.03 Terabytes of information. Despite the relentless onslaught of the RIAA, comparatively few have been frightened by their Gestapo tactics. [more @ www.musicdish.com]