RIAA cracking down on file swappers

One Winged Angel · 06-26-2003, 02:43 PM

This will only stop getting rid of file sharing. If RIAA sues someone because they have MP3's in their HD it will not work. Mp3's are perfectly legal, but sharing them isn't. Most people who have music in the HD usually get it from P2P servers, but they can't be arrested until proven that they shared files, because they could've easily gotten their music from ripping a CD or iTunes. This does not go to leechers, since they don't share the files at all. So if it comes to arresting people for file sharing, it'll be very very hard for the RIAA to find people and arrest. So me? I'm not worried about a thing.

also it doesn't help when Record companies boost up the CD prices from 12.99 to 18.99 in 5 years

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.

One Winged Angel · 06-26-2003, 03:08 PM

Well I don't download music from P2P servers anymore. I'm not going to be affected by this hunt now the RIAA is sending out. I download music from a special server that a group of people (and I) share. The RIAA is going to overlook this most likely.

Jason1 · 06-26-2003, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by One Winged Angel

Well I don't download music from P2P servers anymore. I'm not going to be affected by this hunt now the RIAA is sending out. I download music from a special server that a group of people (and I) share. The RIAA is going to overlook this most likely.

LOL. Sounds like a P2P.

One Winged Angel · 06-26-2003, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Jason1

LOL. Sounds like a P2P.

It's not. We just upload onto a server and download it. It's different from P2P.

PureEvil · 06-26-2003, 04:42 PM

It's sort of Peer-To-Peer, it's just... A very small group of peers.

gekko · 06-26-2003, 04:45 PM

It's more like an FTP server. Someone sets space on their HD and the server runs that. Then they upload all the stuff onto that server, and the other guys can download it.

Most of them are more for pirated software. Most are also private, others require you to upload while you download, or upload some incredibly rare not-yet-released program (ie. Photoshop 8) to get an account, and a couple are actually free.

Mushlafa · 07-10-2003, 12:18 AM

I was downloading a song on kazaa light and then i tried to play it and all of a sudden i window popped up saying some bullsisht like... You have been caught for downloading and distributing pirated software blah blah blah... now whenever i try to download a song about 30 seocnds in it will go to this really loud annoying noise

anyway i can get rid of this

Null · 07-10-2003, 12:28 AM

got a virus program? :P

GiMpY-wAnNaBe · 07-10-2003, 09:12 AM

hmm...thats weird, never heard of anything like taht, try to reinstall kazaa if nothing else works