File Swapping and RIAA |
View Poll Results: Has the threat of lawsuits by the RIAA affected your swapping habits? | |
No. I never swapped illegal files anyway.
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No. It doesn't bother me a bit. I still swap files as before.
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Yes. Although I still swap, it makes me slightly nervous.
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Yes. I no longer swap files.
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No comment. I have the right to remain silent!
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June 26th, 2003, 08:54 PM
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Has the recent and past threats by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) to file lawsuits against individuals affected your file downloading habits?
See this article for details: RIAA aims big guns at individual file swappers | 
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June 27th, 2003, 05:19 AM
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I was watching a story about it last night. They are now allowed to "TROLL" file swapping web-sites and if they decide to choose you they can and will prosecute. Quote: |
"Once we begin our evidence-gathering process, any individual computer user who continues to offer music illegally to millions of others will run the very real risk of facing legal action in the form of civil lawsuits that will cost violators thousands of dollars and potentially subject them to criminal prosecution," RIAA President Cary Sherman said in a statement.
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June 27th, 2003, 05:22 AM
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I don't use P2P software they know about ...
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June 27th, 2003, 05:30 AM
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Easy answer is that if you do P2P, don't share. I know this breaks the system and that is what they are hoping for, but you gotta look out for #1.
Or, if you are so inclined make an mp3 of you saying what you think of the RIAA and give it a popular song title. Share a few thousand of them and let the RIAA go nuts. Enough people do this and they will have to resort to actually looking at what you have, not just titles.
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July 2nd, 2003, 10:44 AM
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"It is morally and ethically correct that you should share your possessions with others, and you are free to make this decision in your own way..." Christianity and Freedom | |
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July 2nd, 2003, 11:08 AM
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ROFL Siliconjunkie! I may just do that.  hmm they'd probably still try and sue anyway. 
Right now they have been going after college kids only, they also said that they were randomly picking people (riiight)
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July 2nd, 2003, 11:09 AM
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BadRuski, welcome  to TechIMO.
Strange response to the thread.
Bill
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July 2nd, 2003, 11:44 PM
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Sounds like a plan Siliconjunkie. Although you have to be careful about that as well because they would probably try to sue you for public slander.
Whether that would fly in court, who knows now-a-days.
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July 2nd, 2003, 11:51 PM
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i actually stopped sharing files a few months ago...not really by choice though. as it has been mentioned, they've been going after college students for a while, and since i lived in a dorm at the time it was either stop sharing files, or loose my internet entirely so i made the obvious choice. | |
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July 29th, 2003, 02:09 AM
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That's too bad, to. The University users where a major bandwith contributor to the networks.
Of course, that's why they went after them so quickly. And the U's don't mind enforcing the "law" and freeing up bandwidth at the same time.
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