news.com.com— Judges say now-defunct MP3s4free.net violated the law by linking to copyright music, even though it didn't host any MP3s itself.
Dec 18, 2006View in Crawl 4
"The important note is that MP3s4free.net knew it was linking to illegal mp3s."Yep. MP3s4free.net was offering up a list of the sites that were hosting files which infringed copyright. They were, in effect, 'the messenger.' So the copyright holder cartels...shoot the messenger? WTF? All they had to do was use MP3s4free to find the sites hosting the files and send a friendly C&D notice. The stupidity of the court in this case is just breathtaking. Really amazing. The shrewdness of the media cartels, on the other hand, is scary. They're willfully using this to damage the freedom offered by the internet and they should be punished for that. The realities of the market will make them pay eventually, but I'm impatient.
Now if only I can have a judgment against me for linking to MP3s4free.net, or Google and Yahoo for that matter, then we can finally be done with this whole internets fad.
1. set up a .au site. sue google for indexing it. sue MSN. sue Yahoo!. sue Lycos. one by one, they will add .au as yet another TLD they can't legally index.2. watch the .au economy crumble from afar.3. profit!
@kutzaYou f**king bozo.. missed the whole point...Non-english viewers [ie chinese, malaysian, thai etc,.] don't get the 2 minute mandatory blockage in the beginning of a DVD...THAT's the WHOLE POINT you f**king d**kh**d.....when you learn to read you can rejoin the human race again..if you're wanted!
mullingDec 19, 2006
"The important note is that MP3s4free.net knew it was linking to illegal mp3s."Yep. MP3s4free.net was offering up a list of the sites that were hosting files which infringed copyright. They were, in effect, 'the messenger.' So the copyright holder cartels...shoot the messenger? WTF? All they had to do was use MP3s4free to find the sites hosting the files and send a friendly C&D notice. The stupidity of the court in this case is just breathtaking. Really amazing. The shrewdness of the media cartels, on the other hand, is scary. They're willfully using this to damage the freedom offered by the internet and they should be punished for that. The realities of the market will make them pay eventually, but I'm impatient.
cdnbambamDec 19, 2006
Now if only I can have a judgment against me for linking to MP3s4free.net, or Google and Yahoo for that matter, then we can finally be done with this whole internets fad.
phyltreDec 19, 2006
I'm of the belief that if a law is not universally enforced, it must be stricken from the books immediately.
Closed AccountDec 19, 2006
nice find for the RIAA SueBot
greyfadeDec 19, 2006
1. set up a .au site. sue google for indexing it. sue MSN. sue Yahoo!. sue Lycos. one by one, they will add .au as yet another TLD they can't legally index.2. watch the .au economy crumble from afar.3. profit!
kutzaDec 19, 2006
Vote Libertarian ;).
thex1138Dec 22, 2006
@kutzaYou f**king bozo.. missed the whole point...Non-english viewers [ie chinese, malaysian, thai etc,.] don't get the 2 minute mandatory blockage in the beginning of a DVD...THAT's the WHOLE POINT you f**king d**kh**d.....when you learn to read you can rejoin the human race again..if you're wanted!