Comment it's all about fear (Score 1) 1076
in the tried and true american tradition, the riaa is trying to incite fear in the file sharing populace.
given the shear number of file sharers out there, 261 people is pretty insignificant, much less than 1%. given that in the last five years, about 26% of drivers where involved in car accident (source) you should be more worried about crashing than the riaa suing you.
i'm sure the riaa realizes this but also knows that fear is a powerful motivating force. they're just hoping that hearing about these lawsuits will turn many of those who now share into leachers, or knock them off the network entirely.
for a lot if interesting info about the culture of fear in america you can look here
given the shear number of file sharers out there, 261 people is pretty insignificant, much less than 1%. given that in the last five years, about 26% of drivers where involved in car accident (source) you should be more worried about crashing than the riaa suing you.
i'm sure the riaa realizes this but also knows that fear is a powerful motivating force. they're just hoping that hearing about these lawsuits will turn many of those who now share into leachers, or knock them off the network entirely.
for a lot if interesting info about the culture of fear in america you can look here
