Record Labels to Offer Amnesty to File Sharers, With Conditions
To be eligible, sources said, people would have to cleanse their computers of all the tunes they downloaded without permission and destroy any CDs they burned with those songs. They’d also have to submit a notarized form to the RIAA, possibly with some official identification, pledging not to run afoul of copyright laws again.
This raises many questions. What type of verification will the program impose on participants? How intrusive will the program be? What privacy rights will participants lose to remain in compliance? What penalties will the program offer? What will the the association consider “running afoul of copyright again”?
AP: Music Industry to Unveil Amnesty Offer
