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gekko · 06-26-2003, 02:56 PM

CD prices have not gone up in the past 5 years.

And it's not hard to prove that you shared music. Your ISP keep logs of everything. They could tell you the date and time you got the file. Proving it isn't a problem.

The casual criminals, like One Winged Angel, would **** their pants if the RIAA sent them a later warning them not to continue to download music or they would press charges. Court fees would probably cost more than the fine he would have to pay, so kindly inform them they've been caught, and once they realize they are no longer an invisible person at a computer, they won't download another song. They don't have the balls to stand up to the RIAA, even if they did they would pay huge court fees and fines in damages, because they have no case. They can easily stop the individuals out there that they catch in the act, but they are trying to press charges on the ones where they can get a quarter million in damages.

It's sad though, some college kids lives is going to be ruined. It's a wake up call, but by that time, it's too late.

06-26-2003, 02:56 PM	#18
gekko Knight gekko is offline Now Playing: Posts: 3,890	Re: RIAA cracking down on file swappers CD prices have not gone up in the past 5 years. And it's not hard to prove that you shared music. Your ISP keep logs of everything. They could tell you the date and time you got the file. Proving it isn't a problem. The casual criminals, like One Winged Angel, would **** their pants if the RIAA sent them a later warning them not to continue to download music or they would press charges. Court fees would probably cost more than the fine he would have to pay, so kindly inform them they've been caught, and once they realize they are no longer an invisible person at a computer, they won't download another song. They don't have the balls to stand up to the RIAA, even if they did they would pay huge court fees and fines in damages, because they have no case. They can easily stop the individuals out there that they catch in the act, but they are trying to press charges on the ones where they can get a quarter million in damages. It's sad though, some college kids lives is going to be ruined. It's a wake up call, but by that time, it's too late.