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Motley Fool: litigation isn't a business model, sell RIAA short

Alyce Lomax, an investment analyst for the financial site The Motley Fool, has written a smart little editorial arguing that lawsuits are not a sound business-strategy, and if that’s the best the RIAA can come up with, it’s time to short the stock of the record labels.

As I’ve said before, a good sign of a dying industry that investors might want to avoid is when it would rather litigate than innovate, signaling a potential destroyer of value. If it starts to pursue paying customers — which…

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