Blog: War on Radio

Once their existing lawsuits pan out (read: once the shakedowns and extortion ends), the RIAA will cease its campaign of lawsuits . Good news for those among us who pirate, right? Maybe! The RIAA struck up a deal with various ISPs, whereby the RIAA will report to the ISPs any filesharing activity they find and ask the ISP to warn pirates about their activity. If the pirates don't stop, the ISPs will begin throttling the pirates' access to the internet. As the Mashable entry points out, this is terrible on a number [...]