# Artists Agree -- P2P Lawsuits Are Not the Answer

- Author: Joichi Ito
- Date: 2004-12-09T14:50:45Z


EFF DeeplinksArtists Agree -- P2P Lawsuits Are Not the Answer

Cynthia Webb of the Washington Post synthesizes the discussion about the new Pew study [PDF] reporting that while many artists believe file sharing should be illegal, they don't necessarily believe that 1.) it's actually hurting them, 2.) the RIAA lawsuits are doing anything to help the situationInteresting report and another blow to the RIAA's argument that they are doing it for the artists.





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Intellectual Property, Music