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Here is a screenshot from the current muxtape.com homepage:

Muxtape will be unavailable for a brief period while we sort out a problem with the RIAA

Have any artists complained or is this just the RIAA on their high horse?

During the last couple of years, hundreds of people have received letters from lawyers demanding compensation for the alleged uploading of copyright works. Their demands state that if you don’t pay up, you will be taken to court and dealt with severely. However, when people refuse to pay - nothing happens.

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It’s thought that around 40% to 50% of people who received letters have paid up, and maybe that’s enough for the operation to be profitable for Davenport. Taking people to court in the UK for such a small infringement is definitely unprofitable. Maybe this is the greatest indicator as to where these cases are going to end up when the defiant, penniless and innocent refuse to pay.

Original post from TorrentFreak

The reason these cases aren’t going to court is because the organisations handing out the threats simply can’t prove that the accused has done anything wrong!

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Every now and again, an event comes along and takes our breath away by reminding us just how far out of step the legal system can be with today’s changing world. The latest example is last week’s attempt by a federal judge in California to shutter Wikileaks, a website devoted to disclosing confidential information that exposes unethical behavior.

Wikileak’s response:

“We have the usual small army of stupid lawyers that think we will piss our pants because they send us a scary letter”

Original Post on Joy of Tech