The RIAA vs. the EFF: who will redefine copyright for the digital age

"In a recent editorial, an attorney representing a defendant in one of the RIAA's 19,000 lawsuits over P2P technology made the case that the RIAA's arguments in Elektra v. Barker, if accepted by a judge, have the potential to undermine the very nature of the Internet. Here at Ars, we've previously touched on the RIAA's radical notion, first introduced in this case, that simply making files available on a shared folder constitutes infringement (regardless of whether the files were actually accessed by another party). The new editorial reiterates the dangerous absurdity of parts of the RIAA's arguments, but in favorably citing a recent EFF amicus brief in the case it also raises the question of who, in fact, is really the party arguing for the pre-digital status quo. "