It's not the first time we've seen this refutation of RIAA strategy, but it's still a welcome reminder of the futility of consumer lawsuits. Jeff Graham at USA Today pulls quotes from Eric Garland at Big Champagne indicating that file-sharing has never been more on a roll. "File sharing has never been more popular than it is now. People have heard all the legal threats and admonitions, but that's not enough. They don't believe it." An average over 9.6-million people used P2P at any given moment in August, a 41-percent increase. Mitch Bainwol and other desperate spinmeisters make glad noises over the Grokster ruling and the more recent KaZaA verdict, but it's all meaningless.
