If you are working in a company as IT empolyee and have filled empty HD space with your personal music collections (of course backupped from your personal CD collection) then you should be aware of the fact that the RIAA is currently activily chasing companies that allow their employees to share music:
The RIAA sends out letters every month asking companies to shut down illegal music exchanges. Thompson Hine, a national law firm based in Cleveland, recently became a target; the firm is investigating and so far believes any piracy involved a small number of IT employees. But if the RIAA thinks companies tout, or even tolerate, file-sharing systems, the results can be costly. In April it announced a $1 million settlement with Integrated Information Systems, a technology consulting company. |
IIS says that after being contacted by the RIAA, it immediately removed its employees' digital jukebox. But the trade group insisted that IIS either pay the $1 million or go to court, where the penalty might have been higher. "We wanted to send a signal," says Sherman, "that this kind of inappropriate conduct will not be tolerated."
The coolest thing is that you now can abuse the RIAA to piss of your boss, one phonecall to the RIAA hotline (800-BADBEAT) and if the company has MP3 files on it's computers, they might face some serious trouble. Yes encouraging to betray your boss is the next trick of the RIAA
Source: Fortune.com
