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Defending the families sued by the RIAA

Posted by TimSlavin at November 19, 2003

"It might be hard for many k5 [Kuro5hin] readers to appreciate how completely adrift these families were. Almost none had heard of the EFF, and most didn't even have email addresses. Many were singled out as "major downloaders" simply because they didn't know how the software worked: people who use Kazaa frequently don't keep all their music in their shared folder (especially since news of the impending lawsuits began circulating) but most of these people didn't know what a "shared folder" was. It seemed that the RIAA's criteria had selected for people who didn't know that much about computers, and who didn't understand how filesharing software worked." Interesting article from last month about an online fund to support families sued by the RIAA. Besides a good cause that should not be forgotten in the Michael Jackson media frenzy, the software technology sounds cool: it keeps track of what each family has received in donations and ensures the family that has received the least is always the first in line. From Kuro5hin.

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