Savannah, Sherrif, StrongBad and some other people
all used our news submit to
tell us about an interesting article over at Yahoo! News. The RIAA (Recording Industry
Association of America) has plans to give amnesty to individual copyright
infringers. If these file-sharers change their ways, the RIAA wil let them off the hook:
 The amnesty program would apply only to alleged infringers who
have not been sued by the music industry trade group or identified by
Internet service providers as a result of the trade group's subpoena
process. Alleged commercial pirates will not receive amnesty.
 According to sources, the RIAA will not pursue legal action if
infringers delete all unauthorized music files from their computers,
destroy all copies (including CD-Rs) and promise not to upload such
material in the future. Each infringing household member will have to send
a completed, notarized amnesty form to the RIAA, with a copy of a photo
ID. Those who renege on their promise will be subject to charges of
willful copyright infringement.
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The article doesn't mention any more details than quoted above. All
they mention is that RIAA will reveal their proposal at the same time as
they're expected to announce the filing of several hundred infringement
suits. Weird...
Source: Yahoo! News
