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- inactive, on 07/08/2009, -5/+92Title should read: Illegal downloading: What happens if you're caught (in the UK)?
- Voide, on 07/08/2009, -1/+71What happens? You get a ***** quality mp3...nobodies going to know your embarrassment.
- alexthekidd, on 07/08/2009, -1/+54"Bob May, a British PR, found out the hard way how seriously record companies are taking the issue. While copying an unreleased album for work, he accidently left a file-sharing site open on his computer. It was only a few minutes before he realised his mistake but in that time a track had already been downloaded." is it just me or is this some bat ***** crazy nonsense?
- CrazedLeper, on 07/08/2009, -3/+54Propaganda. Scared yet?
- gwaggy12, on 07/08/2009, -7/+55***** THE RIAA!!!
- DouglasQ, on 07/08/2009, -2/+49Pirating music killed my father!
and raped my mother! - borez, on 07/08/2009, -0/+41"While copying an unreleased album for work, he accidently left a file-sharing site open on his computer.It was only a few minutes before he realised his mistake but in that time a track had already been downloaded."
Errr... *Cough* ***** *Cough* - mikek814, on 07/08/2009, -1/+41I am not going to incriminate myself in this forum
- lepetitmousse, on 07/08/2009, -0/+39you must have a ton of friends.
- blankmedia, on 07/08/2009, -6/+44Why I would I pay for something I would have never bought in the first place???
- inactive, on 07/08/2009, -8/+45LEGALIZE IT
TAX IT
Oh wait, wrong Digg fad. - TheUngod, on 07/08/2009, -1/+34I got caught back in college for downloading TV episodes and some movies. Know what happened? They said "don't do it again" and gave me a 50 dollar fine, which I never paid.
- josephbloseph, on 07/08/2009, -1/+33And over-watered my ficus!
- RealmDown, on 07/08/2009, -1/+31"I am not a cook!"
--- Loser in the Iron Chef contest - EvaRecess, on 07/08/2009, -1/+27128kbps! yay i dont know what a bitrate is!
- FOR3MAN, on 07/08/2009, -6/+30Music is a PERFORMING art. Get on tour to make your cash slackers! Consider your CD's promotional material.
Movies, well I haven't figured that one out yet, somehow I don't think Transformers 2 would translate on stage. (From the reviews, that's a good thing) - Valyn, on 07/08/2009, -1/+24What a crock of *****. The article says that nobody buys CD singles anymore. Then ASSUMES that this is because of piracy. Who the ***** buys a CD single today (obviously not many in the UK). People buy single songs my the millions just from iTunes! What, you guys don't have iTunes or Amazon or any digital download site in the UK. I'd be willing to bet that a huge portion, if not more than those lost CD sales numbers are seen in legal digital downloads.
BURIED AS RIAA/etc PROPAGANDA. - Sharky35, on 07/08/2009, -0/+22The article DIDN'T ACTUALLY ANSWER THE VERY QUESTION IT POSED.
- Sansui, on 07/08/2009, -0/+22Article doesn't live up to headline.
In any case... I was never much into music in highschool in the 90's. I bought one CD a year at most, until discovering Napster in 99 my first year at VT. When legal services for downloading like itunes became available, I started buying singles left and right, as a direct influence of the music I was downloading.
I stopped illegally downloading music in 2003, and lack of exposure to bands has resulted in me not purchasing a track either since 2004. I'm just as happy not spending the money on it, but just thought I'd offer a point of view from a non-music junkie who got temporarily suckered into buying music due to exposure by download. - alconebay, on 07/08/2009, -0/+20Who fined you? The school?
- TheFuzzball, on 07/08/2009, -0/+18Technically just as illegal, just really terrible quality.
- slicksoul999, on 07/08/2009, -4/+21What happens if you convert youtube videos to mp3s? Is that pirating music?
- Cannonballkid, on 07/08/2009, -2/+18In my freshmen year of college I was called down to my schools computer center for suspected downloading. Those charged with downloading had to sign a statement pledging never to do it again. There I met a very rude man who introduced himself by saying "first off I know what you have done and I'm smarter than you with computers" (maybe the first time he had the high ground in his entire life). He told me he wanted to search my computer for the suspected file. I played dumb asking things like whats a torrent, I don't know how to download things etc etc. They gave me an appointment so they could scan it and during that time I made sure to erase any vestiges of torrent files on my computer. After giving it a thorough cleaning I brought it back to the man that was "smarter" than me. he took a look at my laptop and said "oh one of these models" as if a certain brand of laptop encouraged the user to become a pirate. Well He didnt find anything and what was funny was that out of nowhere my laptop began shutting down every time he tried searching for something. Of course I didn't bring the power adapter so after 15 mins the guy got really red in the face and told me to leave. In the end I didn't have to sign anything and since then I only get my stuff through file hosting sites. Oh and the file in question was "Lego Star Wars 2" =/
- ShadowFusion, on 07/08/2009, -3/+19I am a student worker at my college campus in the IT department and I saw the DMCA claims folder. Every so often the RIAA or whatever sends in claims to the school saying "This IP downloaded and breached copyright laws blah blah" The school then shuts down that students internet connection and places a tag on their door telling them to come with their computer to tech support (where I work.) We just tell them to not do it again, remove any downloading software (usually limewire for the noob college kids) and make sure the downloaded material is removed. Internet is then restored and we move on.. this is for the first offense.. it gets progressively worse for repeat offenders, and I think they get 3 strikes before they are handed over to the RIAA for real prosecution
- MSP1, on 07/08/2009, -1/+16Because so many US specific articles on Digg are called <Article Title>(in the US)?
- pathouston22, on 07/08/2009, -3/+17I am not a crook!
/Nixon reference for you kids. - mikemehak, on 07/08/2009, -1/+15if robbing banks was as easy as pirating, I would rob banks too.
- satterfield, on 07/08/2009, -0/+14Us old timers remember a time when 128kbps was something to be happy with. Everything else was 96kbs. Back in the good old days when it took twenty minutes for a average size song on my external modem. :)
- TheUngod, on 07/08/2009, -0/+13Yeah, the school had no clue what to do about file sharers 5 years ago I guess.
- str1fe, on 07/08/2009, -7/+18It's not theft unless someone else loses something. What does anyone lose from me downloading music I don't have money to buy? If I like it, I'll buy it when I graduate college, pay off my bills, and have a steady job.
- inactive, on 07/08/2009, -1/+12So the guy leaked an album due to his "work" and bitch because he receives a couple of phone calls? What a pussy.
I'm a developer myself and I had products leaked before I even sold them. I've lost COUNTLESS hours of my time due to piracy. STILL, I don't bitch about piracy because it's a waste of time. Here's why:
Not enough sales? Piracy's fault.
Not enough people viewing your movie? IT WAS LEAKED AND THATS WHY
Not enough music download? Obviously piracy.
It's TOO EASY to spend hours and hours blaming piracy for every problem. I believe that if the product is good people will eventually buy it. Sure, a few might download and forget about it, but what proportion of these people would have bought the product in the first place? Plus, if your product is really really good, people will want to know more and WILL spend more (concerts, auditions, etc). - diskoh, on 07/08/2009, -0/+10He wasn't "tracked down," you guys gave out his info. Were I him I would immediately switch to your competitor.
- diggan8, on 07/08/2009, -1/+10Your logic is not sound.
IP blocking does not equate to anything remotely safe. - feelmypimphand, on 07/08/2009, -1/+10I don't understand why someone thinks 'getting their IP address' is the holy grail of incrimination.
I can mail a letter with someone elses physical address on the return address field and it does not mean that is where the letter originated.
For added fun with the postal service...try putting the return address down as the the address you intend to send it to...then leave no postage on the envelope...'Returned for postage'..but gets it where it is going. - MasterQ, on 07/08/2009, -1/+10You're right... the 128kbps songs you get from iTunes are MUCH higher quality than the 320kbps or lossless FLAC files you can get from torrents. In most cases, if it takes you more time to find and download a torrent than it does to download the songs on iTunes you are a total noob. If you are referring to songs you get from the likes of limewire or kazaa you are correct about the quality but no one uses those, or at least people that know what they are doing don't.
- GamerXR72, on 07/08/2009, -1/+10grooveshark.com + audacity
record all your output.
quick, easy. - diggduggjoe, on 07/08/2009, -0/+8However, much harder to pin the crime on you. Unless they assume everyone is using audacity and then they would have to log every youtube video.
- ShadowFusion, on 07/08/2009, -0/+8haha just got back from lunch, i love the friends comment.. still laughin about that..
we dont really go digging through their computer looking for downloaded stuff, its mostly just removing the downloading apps and just add on a virus scan sometimes if they said their comps running slow or anything.. we at the service desk arent the ones forcing them to do it, IT dept sends them to us and we just remove piracy software then let the main IT dept know that we cleared the computer and to turn their internet back on.
I am a pirate like no other, just working on the schools side I see how easy it is for the school to detect it and shut you down.. Lesson learned on my part is just dont pirate on campus :p - str1fe, on 07/08/2009, -1/+9Maybe if he has some poorly configured Limewire or something. I certainly doubt a professional would make such an amateur mistake. Sounds like he's covering his own ass to his boss who doesn't know ***** about technology, or the reporter doesn't and grossly misrepresented what actually happened.
- s10stealth, on 07/08/2009, -1/+8Piracy isn't killing the industry... Greed is...
Stop charging $20 for a $0.49 copy of a CD or DVD and people would not feel so much of a need for the downloading. - Charlie1er, on 07/08/2009, -0/+7Somebody knows if there is laws about downloading in Canada? Do they mind to sue?
- csm888, on 07/08/2009, -2/+9Sharing sucks....Don't offer sweets to your friends...don't lend any CD's to your girlfriend... and for the sake of all humanity lets close all those pirate havens..the LIBRARIES. Disgraceful, legal, government endorsed, sharing centers.
- d0nbaker, on 07/08/2009, -2/+9i want to see Megan Fox , on a stage! with a pole!
- Pigeon, on 07/08/2009, -0/+7So you just remove files and software from a students machine as you wish? ***** that. What happens if they refuse?
- trer, on 07/08/2009, -1/+8"Geoff Taylor, the Chief Executive of the BPI, says: "There is not an acceptable level of file-sharing. Musicians need to be paid like everyone else.""
More ***** from the suits. The Music industry has been exploiting musicians since the beginning. Geoff Taylor is complaining that he's had to endure making $1-2 million less this year than he made last year. - satterfield, on 07/08/2009, -0/+6I never heard of RIAA until Naptster. We used copy tapes and share music with everyone. Morris Day anyone? Heck the radio would even play whole albums at night. And pause for commercial around 30 minute mark so you could flip the tape over.
- TriZz, on 07/08/2009, -0/+6I guess, but at the same time, there's nothing in the DMCA that suggests that it's not copyright infringement if the quality sucks.
- Pigeon, on 07/08/2009, -0/+6Teh Internetz iz in mah computor stealing mah files!
- xsecretfiles, on 07/08/2009, -0/+6You get to be on TV/newspapers/online etc
Win? - inactive, on 07/08/2009, -1/+7Actually from the RIAA/MPAA's perspective, they never seemed to care in the past when people were downloading 1 mp3 every 10 minutes on a ***** 56k and movies were heavily compressed 320x240 rips, only when files became 1:1 copies did they start taking notice.
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