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After the R.I.A.A. have gone after people for illegally downloading music over the internet, they’ve said that they plan to find more effective ways to deal with the piracy problem.

I agree, it’s hard to stay in the good graces of the public when you’re suing little 12-year-old Joey because he stole the Jonas Brothers’ album off of Limewire.

Since 2003, the R.I.A.A. have initiated legal action against some 35,000 people. Usually, the cases involve the parties getting sued for tons of cash, way more than the $1.00 that it would’ve cost them to get the song from iTunes.

They’ve finally realized that the lawsuits didn’t do anything to curb online piracy. Their new idea is to work with the internet service providers which will have them emailing the ISPs when it finds their customers offering free music online. The ISP, in turn, will alert the offending customer by sending them an email. Then they’ll ask the customer to stop, and if the customer ignores the first attempt, they will receive one or two more emails. If the customer continues with the file sharing, the ISPs will cause the service to become slower. After all of the attempts have failed, the ISP will cut you off.

What do you think of this move by the R.I.A.A.?