arstechnica.com— One of the "John Does" targeted by the RIAA's P2P snoops is attempting to block the music labels efforts to learn the identity of the people using IP addresses fingered by the RIAA for infringement.
Jun 14, 2007View in Crawl 4
@ prisoner - getting a subpoena demanding the university reveal the name that matches the ip is nothing more than a formality. A judge isn't going to refuse them on the grounds of this incredibly tired and unlikely fantasy where nobody ever uses their own internet connection it's always a mysterious 3rd party hacking the world.@ forky spoony - most universities aren't. Stanford's not, and additionally they're passing the administration costs on to the students committing the piracy.
"spent their resources on finding new talent instead of fighting piracy through the judicial system"Find new talent? So you can pirate it?I think they've got their priorities straight - sort out piracy then return to exercising their right to sell products to consumers.
I agree with Dan. As much as I hate the RIAA/MPAA, one of the best ways to make them go away is to obtain content legally. That doesn't necessarily mean to pay for it, as there is plenty of good content available on the internets, legally, for free.
No morons -- it's theft. You want a copy of music to listen to -- you've gotta pay for it. If you pay for it and let other people have a copy of it for free, then that's theft. At the same time, it is also a form of copyright infringement.There's obviously no talking sense to unintelligent assh**es who think there's nothing wrong with stealing things that you want.
scuba7183Jun 15, 2007
wow... thats gay.
b612Jun 15, 2007
BC SUCKS
fkr3Jun 15, 2007
@ prisoner - getting a subpoena demanding the university reveal the name that matches the ip is nothing more than a formality. A judge isn't going to refuse them on the grounds of this incredibly tired and unlikely fantasy where nobody ever uses their own internet connection it's always a mysterious 3rd party hacking the world.@ forky spoony - most universities aren't. Stanford's not, and additionally they're passing the administration costs on to the students committing the piracy.
fkr3Jun 15, 2007
"spent their resources on finding new talent instead of fighting piracy through the judicial system"Find new talent? So you can pirate it?I think they've got their priorities straight - sort out piracy then return to exercising their right to sell products to consumers.
s73v3rJun 15, 2007
I agree with Dan. As much as I hate the RIAA/MPAA, one of the best ways to make them go away is to obtain content legally. That doesn't necessarily mean to pay for it, as there is plenty of good content available on the internets, legally, for free.
abandonedheroJun 15, 2007
Loosing, huh? Does that have anything to do with "Losing? Maybe?
jammerJun 16, 2007
No morons -- it's theft. You want a copy of music to listen to -- you've gotta pay for it. If you pay for it and let other people have a copy of it for free, then that's theft. At the same time, it is also a form of copyright infringement.There's obviously no talking sense to unintelligent assh**es who think there's nothing wrong with stealing things that you want.