Snag in RIAA’s Plan?

by Taylor Flatt on December 23rd, 2008 at 3:15 pm EDT - 180 views

Recently, the RIAA has announced they will no longer be taking the fight to the courtroom, rather, they will be taking it to the ISPs.  However, one ISP has stepped up to the plate and demands that RIAA pays him for such a service.  Jerry Scroggin of a Lousiana ISP company had this to say,

“They have the right to protect their songs or music or pictures,” Scroggin said. “But they don’t have the right to tell me I have to be the one protecting it. I don’t want anyone doing anything illegal on my network, but we don’t work for free.”

With the RIAA excpecting ISPs to stand up and jump on the bandwagon, it seems all too easy to get lost in all the excitement to forget that the little guys actually have bills.  The RIAA is basically looking for these ISPs to find, track and (possibly) remove clients from their listing when they upload or download content illegally.

Although there seems to be some friction between this ISP and RIAA, Scroggin still wishes they could work out a deal with RIAA,

“There’s got to be a better way than HBO sending me threatening e-mail,” he said. “What I’m saying is, let’s sit at the table and come up with a way that works for everyone, including the customers.”

With small ISP companies on the edge of this plan, RIAA must do something to help protect their against this foe or they might see their whole operation go up in smoke.

Source: CNet