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- serrebi, on 05/14/2008, -17/+140***** the riaa!
- h0stile17, on 05/14/2008, -4/+99"A search on Madonna's latest release, "4 Minutes," turned up more than a hundred users trading various copies of the song"
And there it is. The secret to not getting caught is to not download ***** music. - coheedcollapse, on 05/14/2008, -5/+78It'd be awesome to share a bunch of self-made MP3's with names of RIAA-owned artists plastered on them. Just ***** to waste their time. It'd be even better if thousands of people did it.
- Beylan, on 05/14/2008, -2/+66I think their methods involve a phonebook and some darts.
- Pogojoe, on 05/14/2008, -4/+51One music pirate down, 42,457,798 to go....
- inactive, on 05/14/2008, -3/+51Try using PeerGuardian. It supposedly blocks IP addresses, and thus connections, from suspect computers on the internet, such as RIAA. I guess it works, if PeerGuardian keeps their banned IP address list current.
- inactive, on 05/14/2008, -6/+47obligatory ***** mr babyman statement
- theratdotus, on 05/14/2008, -4/+47WAIT, SO THEY DOWNLOAD MUSIC ILLEGALLY OFF OF YOU, THEN SUE YOU? can you counter sue for them downloading the song illegally off of you? this makes no sense.
- halleyscomet, on 05/14/2008, -0/+36Oh, you'd still be sued. they don't care about the actual content.
- macdude22, on 05/14/2008, -0/+35When I was working help desk at a university a couple 4 years back we routinely received these take down notices. Our process was to identify the port the IP address was issued to at the time of the infringment (as listed on the complaint), disable their connection, have them remove the requested file, give them some information on copyright infringement and let them go on their way. I had a DMCA take down notice for a user sharing Old School. Well turns out the kid was sharing a home video called Old School, nothing infringed. It was at that point I realized these ass clowns sending out these notices don't check jack squat, and just do a search for offending file names sending out big scary letters of horse *****. Aught to be some recourse for the false positives from these donkeys but you know, the little folk don't have the politicians in their pocket.
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▒▓█░░▒▓█ ▒▓█████░ ▒▓█░░▒▓█ ▒▓█░░▒▓█ - Phyltre, on 05/14/2008, -1/+31Fear won't serve you. Don't let your life be driven by fear.
- inactive, on 05/14/2008, -2/+29Who the ***** cares, Limewire users get exactly what they deserve.
- BoneheadFarker, on 05/14/2008, -1/+25You assume they actually care whether you have the content or not...
- houndeyex, on 05/14/2008, -4/+29...and it would piss people off every time they downloaded one of them by mistake.
- pigfister, on 05/14/2008, -1/+24Boycott anti consumer *****.
The BPI Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, EMI.
The RIAA Soundexchange Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, EMI.
The IFPI Are: The same anti consumer lot as listed above!
The MPAA Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, DISNEY, PARAMOUNT, FOX. - onesidedsquare, on 05/14/2008, -1/+22the real secret is to not use limewire or others like it, just use news groups and bittorrnets
also use a proxy - Abbeygargoyle, on 05/14/2008, -2/+23This is why you should just use Bittorrent.
- yunus, on 05/14/2008, -0/+24Why do people use Limeware or Kazaa anymore? How many cases brought by the MPAA/RIAA were from people using bittorrents.
- wedges, on 05/14/2008, -0/+17you can't sue them back because you don't own the copyright. if i own my own material, i am free to do whatever the ***** i want with it, wheras you can't.
- knupso, on 05/14/2008, -2/+19im in ur comment digging it down
- mlbwebdesign, on 05/14/2008, -1/+20Can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread Man!
- scooterbaga, on 05/14/2008, -0/+16That number seems low...
- BoneheadFarker, on 05/14/2008, -0/+16I thought I got one of those one day. Turns out it was a mislabelled Celine Dion song...
- inactive, on 05/14/2008, -3/+18They target colleges they were too stupid to be accepted into. Douchebags.
- quarby, on 05/14/2008, -2/+16exactly. we don't hear about this because they're not artist advocates!
- Phillycat81, on 05/14/2008, -4/+19I'm surprised people still use limewire.
Thats like people still using vhs. - robbob, on 05/14/2008, -0/+17During the Napster days they would insert a highpitch squeal in the track to blow out your ears.
- elmuerte17, on 05/14/2008, -0/+14man, Limewire really is a bitch - first you can't find a single track labeled correctly and now this...
- bigsteve, on 05/14/2008, -0/+13I didn't know you could comment via SMS...
- krewl, on 05/14/2008, -3/+17here is another step by step for the RIAA to follow. type the number eight, type five equal signs, type a capital d, then put it in your mouth.
- halleyscomet, on 05/14/2008, -1/+14This is the RIAA we're talking about. "Sense" is not a factor.
Ever now and then record company execs decide they dictate what people listen to, as opposed to responding to market demand. Sales plummet and the record executives get fired, replaced with a new crop.
The last time this cycle came around, the incompetent, egotistical, out of touch executives pointed their fingers at the Internet and blamed file sharing for the flagging sales. They've continued to keep their careers running by pimping this line, insisting that their crappy artist lineup isn't the problem.
The RIAA isn't about piracy, it's about providing a cover story so senile executives can keep their overpaid jobs. - livestradamus, on 05/14/2008, -1/+13Or the obituaries section of the paper
- FecalHurler, on 05/14/2008, -0/+14Yeah it updates the IP addresses every time you start it up.
Peer Guardian + IP Ghost....=Pure win. - RealmDown, on 05/14/2008, -1/+20No, the goal is to do the RIGHT thing and not fear the consequences of those in power who use money and influence to FORCE compliance based on their own self-defined, profit motivated rules.
- Beatmiser, on 05/14/2008, -0/+16It amazes me how many people I talk to- just average users- who say things to me like 'I just got 'x' off of Limewire. The masses just can't seem to get their heads around bittorrent or usenet.
- inactive, on 05/14/2008, -0/+14Also disable Browser host ability. If they can't see your collection they cant sue you. Get caught for downloading one track is way way better then getting caught with your whole library exposed.
- aserer511, on 05/14/2008, -0/+12I've done ~80GB of combined up/down of torrents at school this past year, and can't wait to rinse and repeat next year!
- danieldantastic, on 05/14/2008, -2/+13Or just don't listen to major-label RIAA crap. Check stuff out online and then buy from small labels and go to shows. Let the big dinosaur labels and their manufactured crap entertainers die out like they should.
- irishjays, on 05/14/2008, -1/+11if you get caught all you have to do is call for Parlei
- yunus, on 05/14/2008, -0/+9Hey thats not Metallica, dammit I just got rickrolled by Pirates!
Obviously this would require Rick Astley's approval, or really the approval of his recording company. - scooterbaga, on 05/14/2008, -0/+9shh... Let the suckers jump on the grenade.
- BoneheadFarker, on 05/14/2008, -0/+8Most bands only make money off of concerts, while the label takes in album sales. There might be a small percentage kicked over to the artist, but it's negligable compared to tours. So by downloading and going to concerts, you're giving your money to the artists and not the middlemen. At one time the middlemen served a purpose by marketing an artist, providing studio time, and handling distribution. Today bands can handle a lot of this by themselves, and the middlemen are trying to justify their existance...
- Zipko, on 05/14/2008, -0/+8They don't care if people are downloading song, they only go after those who are hosting them. Technically (IANAL) I don't think it's even illegal to download music for free, only distribute it without paying royalties. Though file sharing networks discourage leaching, and in situations where you're hosting part of the file for others while the rest is downloading then you're still breaking the law even if you don't continue to offer it after your download finishes.
- troye, on 05/14/2008, -0/+8Nice!
- tylerromes, on 05/14/2008, -13/+25The RIAA just scares me, there's no two ways about it. I learned to avoid the RIAA the hard way, so now i am just on nutsie.com a lot.
Take a peek:
http://www.nutsie.com/member/view_member/121747?pl ...
Free, streaming and LEGAL. - dist0rtedwave, on 05/14/2008, -2/+12OMG... how could they use public information to find out who is downloading music illegally? And after that they actually check to make sure it is the actual song, and not some song sharing the name! I for one am outraged.
Seriously, its not like people are unaware of the risk of downloading illegally, or the increased risk of doing so on a college campus. If you know you are breaking a law, but continue to do so because you feel there is a fairly low risk of getting caught, you have no reason to feel that the consequences if the copyright holders find you are unfair. - bobdigi, on 05/14/2008, -0/+7wow that was ***** horrible.
- McMaster88, on 05/14/2008, -0/+7torrent!
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