[Microsoft could learn from this amid its bullying, AKA 'patent terrorism']
RIAA admits its legal campaign is useless
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| The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has admitted that its
| lawsuit campaign against people it calls pirates is not the answer to the
| problem.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=41185
Web radio firms cry foul over DRM proposal
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| Internet radio broadcasters have claimed that a last-minute record company
| deal offered to them is a ruse to force them to use digital rights management
| (DRM) technology.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/23/web_radio_drm/
Changing the law (Web radio fees/patenting software), then threaten to squeeze
disruptive technology to death. That's exactly the same as Microsoft's
strategy, but lawsuits would never work. Au contraire -- they backfire
(records sales down 40% in one year).
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