Tech Firm Nailed For Internal MP3 Sharing
Steven Bonisteel,
Newsbytes,
Apr 11, 2002
It used to be that people just played the radio at the workplace. Today I prefer streaming media - (http://www.thegameskidsplay.com). But why consume all that bandwidth if you could just as easily set up an MP3 server on the company network? Well, the RIAA doesn't see it that way, having just forced Integrated Information Systems (IIS) into a million dollar settlement for copyright infringement. Well. In what world is the functional equivalent of the office radio now worth a million dollars? (My cynical self thinks that this is all a set-up: that the RIAA asked IIS to set up the network, get caught, and appear to pay an outrageous (but conveniently out-of-court) settlement to scare other companies into compliance. Nobody in their right mind would pay a million dollars otherwise).
Today: 4 Total: 4 [Direct link] [Share]
