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If you’re a Verizon Wireless customer like me then I just want to give you a fair warning. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is moving their energy from busting illegal song downloads to computers to illegal downloads to their cell phones. cnet.com is reporting that if you’re currently a Verizon Wireless customer and have illegally downloaded a song to your phone recently you may soon receive an unwelcome letter from them. They are set to begin issuing “copyright notices” on behalf of the RIAA to those being accused of illegally downloading songs from the web to their phones.
Verizon’s letter campaign is a significant move for the music industry because among Internet service providers they’ve typically been among the most reluctant to intervene in copyright cases on behalf of entertainment companies. a Verizon spokesman had this to say…
We recognize the importance of copyright and the need to enforce those copyrights. Without that enforcement, intellectual property won’t be generated at all. At the same time, it’s important for our customers to be assured that they won’t have their privacy rights trampled.
How do you feel about these letters from Verizon on behalf of the RIAA? I think it’s ok for them to ask Verizon to monitor song downloads, but to police them is going to be very exspensive and we all know who pays that cost in the end. Let us hear your feedback in the comment box below.
