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RIAA continues suing consumers.

What i want to know now (especially since there was a scare for someone here) is that now that they are listing names and suing people, what is everybody going to do here:

1. Stop downloading and sharing songs.

2. Cut back on downloading (and no longer share from their hard drives).

3. Still download and upload (but with more protection like firewalls and ip blockers).

4. Just keep on going like usual and hope to hell that there are just enough people out there that they you won't get picked for a lawsuit.
 
I am going to continue to Download what I like, and buy the albums of the bands that I really, like because they deserive to be supported :p
 
Originally posted by jadariv
What i want to know now (especially since there was a scare for someone here) is that now that they are listing names and suing people, what is everybody going to do here:

1. Stop downloading and sharing songs.

2. Cut back on downloading (and no longer share from their hard drives).

3. Still download and upload (but with more protection like firewalls and ip blockers).

4. Just keep on going like usual and hope to hell that there are just enough people out there that they you won't get picked for a lawsuit.
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5. Many Filesharing more secure so the RIAA and MPAA can't easily see all of the files you have and that your IP cannot be easily traced.

If I go on to a P2P program right now, I can probably outright see the IP of the persons on the network and traceroute them, etc etc.

Comeone, I doubt people are gonna stop sharing files.

I choice 4.1 -- Keep plugging away and hope they sue me.

Originally posted by iJon
how do you know, they said he doesnt go to trial until september. are you assuming, because if you are im right up there with you, he will definently get his ass handed to him. and that ad agency guy will probably get fired as well.

iJon
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This guy is going up against people who aren't suing like crazy, the MPAA.

They took a detour at the follow RIAA/not path.

They are the silent killers, still quite as deadly to file shares, but haven't gone out and sued tons and tons of people.

Originally posted by tazo
So am i man....so am i :(
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Though, I myself wanted to be listed inthe suits because then I can challange there lame suits with a decent defence and proper defense tactics.
 
Originally posted by Steradian
I am going to continue to Download what I like, and buy the albums of the bands that I really, like because they deserive to be supported :p
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Sounds good, but buy from iTMS and the like. Don't give a penny to the RIAA (or 900 pennies, the average the RIAA gets per CD, IIRC) .
 
Originally posted by GeeYouEye
Sounds good, but buy from iTMS and the like. Don't give a penny to the RIAA (or 900 pennies, the average the RIAA gets per CD, IIRC) .
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You know that the record companies get most of the money from iTMS anyway?

Hence the RIAA...
 
the RIAA is being stupid. they can't just sue people for using P2P networks. even my dad knows how to use a P2P network, and he's a cop.
the point is, if they were to be more reasonable, we would stop.

also, i got a question. since i use poisoned to connect to FastTrack network, am i safe? i don;t have thousands, but i'm just curious.
 
Originally posted by bennetsaysargh
the RIAA is being stupid. they can't just sue people for using P2P networks. even my dad knows how to use a P2P network, and he's a cop.
the point is, if they were to be more reasonable, we would stop.

also, i got a question. since i use poisoned to connect to FastTrack network, am i safe? i don;t have thousands, but i'm just curious.
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So far, I have only seen users running OpenFT downloading from me, so probably not, but if fasttrack users start downloading off of you then you might be able for the RIAA to get ya, but I doubt RIAA is looking at OpenFT.
 
Originally posted by bennetsaysargh
the RIAA is being stupid. they can't just sue people for using P2P networks. even my dad knows how to use a P2P network, and he's a cop.
the point is, if they were to be more reasonable, we would stop.
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They certainly can sue people sharing music, it's well-established. But p2p networks are quite legal, it's why they cannot actually shut down kazaa and the like. They have surreptitious methods of finding out who is sharing and downloading music, they target you, sue you, and have the law backing them up...

Judges don't have a lot of choice in the matter either, they have to follow the law as well. But expect to see a lot of $1 judgements...

pnw
 
Originally posted by bennetsaysargh
well that's good to know
lol

but if they were, how would i be tried? what is the magnitude of the suits?
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Um, look the chances are as follows:
Somehow god gives a FastTrack user the ability to download off you:
1:1,000,000 (yeah i meant alot higher, oh well.
The Off Chance that It was the RIAA that god gave the powers to:
1:1,000,000,000 (probably a hella higher)

Yeah since the change of someone downloading from you that is on KaZaA is like 0% I would say 0%.
 
Originally posted by uhlawboi80
im getting SICK of this *****!!

i didnt ever DL a ton of music.....mostly dance remixes that you cant go out and buy anyway. NOW, i'm so annoyed with the RIAA i wont even pay to DL, i will just borrow and rip CDs from people! i hate not supporting some of my favorite artists by buying a CD, but thats just too bad. Im now resigned to not do anything that will put on cent in the RIAAs pocket. :mad:
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entirely agree. I have always bought cds that I really wanted, but I refuse to spend another dollar if even one penny of it will go to the RIAA. I have always just downloaded songs that I felt like hearing, never whole albums that I would really buy... but now the hell with that. Too bad for the musicians, but the RIAA has gone too far.

Besides, this is stupid. Suing college students? For what, old pizza boxes and college debt?
 
from what ive read, nobody knows for sure but it seems a person sharing about a couple hundred songs or more is up for the lawsuit.

iJon
 
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