The American Bar Association is urging its 400,000-lawyer membership to show some restraint when it comes to lodging online file sharing lawsuits.
"Finally, while it is technically possible for trademark and copyright owners to proceed with civil litigation against the consuming public who affirmatively seek out counterfeited products or pirated content or engage in illegal file sharing, campaigns like this have been expensive, do not yield significant financial returns, and can cause a public relations problem for the plaintiff in addressing its consuming public," the association recommended. [PDF]
The Intellectual Property Law section of the group, while urging new congressional legislation and educational outreach, noted as Exhibit A the litigation campaigns of the Recording Industry Association of America and the Motion Picture Association of America.
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