Have you recently heard the news about The RIAA Organization (Recording Industries of America Association) suing people like you and me for using free programs such as Kazaa and WinMX? Well, after seaching for a couple minutes, I found that their targets are actually quite specific for the time being.
When interviewed, an RIAA spokeswoman said,
"We are only going after people who have uploaded substantial amounts and no one should be surprised if they have done this and are taken to court,"
"We advertised the fact that they were breaking the copyright law on major TV channels and newspapers and what we would do."
Hmm, so it appears that they are targeting only the biggest, baddest uploaders,... for now. The RIAA's new stance may hurt Kazaa and other free software substancially (mostly by making their advertisers too shook up to advertise) but the concept of P2P will survive due to its overall simplicity.
I suspect that the RIAA's attempts will overall end up being an unsuccessfull attempt to scare users. P2P can be a great time, but is it worth the risk? As the wise Adrian Monk says, "It's a blessing,... and a curse."
If you are interested in this topic, please follow these links for some additional information. :)
http://www.vnunet.com/News/1142677
http://www.vnunet.com/News/1142485
http://siliconvalley.internet.com/news/article.php/2243171
~Kujila
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 Jul 31 2003, 8:40 pm
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Very true. My friend was not downloading many songs. Maybe only 50 tops. But like I said in other posts, he was sued.
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Airjoe wrote:
Very true. My friend was not downloading many songs. Maybe only 50 tops. But like I said in other posts, he was sued. And, what do YOU consider "many"? I find ONLY 50 songs to be A LOT! =p | |
Kujila wrote:
Have you recently heard the news about The RIAA Organization (Recording Industries of America Association) suing people like you and me for using free programs such as Kazaa and WinMX? Well, after seaching for a couple minutes, I found that their targets are actually quite specific for the time being. At least one person is being pursued for less than 10 songs. Or so one news story goes. Let's just keep this stuff away from BYOND. Go fight for your alleged right to download songs on other systems that are devoted to the subject. | |
There are users who's song list reaches well over 1,000, and I know a lot of those people who havn't been found out about and sued yet.
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Kujila wrote:
Have you recently heard the news about The RIAA Organization (Recording Industries of America Association) suing people like you and me for using free programs such as Kazaa and WinMX? Well, after seaching for a couple minutes, I found that their targets are actually quite specific for the time being. If you are interested in this topic, please follow these links for some additional information. :) http://www.vnunet.com/News/1142677 ~Kujila well, there is some good news. "Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., who chairs the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, sent a letter to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on Thursday that criticized its recent spate of subpoenas and asked for detailed information on how the process is working. Coleman said the RIAA may be going too far." you can read the rest here: this http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5058594.html?tag=cnetfd.buzz | |
"But when asked what constituted "substantial" amounts, the RIAA told vnunet.com that it would not quantify amounts. "Just one file is one file too many," said the spokeswoman."