Kazaa downloading frenzy: defiance or suicide?

[Aaron73153]

I've been on somewhat of a downloading frenzy on Kazaa, (harkens back the final days of Napster), I'm using PeerGuardian although it is little protection, am I engaged in an act of defiance to the RIAA or askin for my butt to be hauled to court?

[beardedwonder]

I really wouldn't know at the moment. They certainly can't sue everyone and if this becomes a long drawn out battle i'm guessing that they could lose an absolutely huge amount of money overall, lawyers fees paying companies like BayTSP and Mediaforce (and ES5!) < j/k !!!!!

If people continue swapping there's a possibility that the RIAA could go bankrupt, they are also going to recieve a lot of flak for this. Can they sue 14 yr olds in the U.S? I guess their parents will be footing the bill.

I think we'll see what'll happen after the first volley of these lawsuits. This may scare the sh*t out of a lot of file sharers but will surely give the RIAA bad publicity.

I'm afraid it could just be a case of wait and see.

PS: The day that the RIAA go bankrupt is the day that a lot of people will be very happy :fire

[ROMANTICGUY50]

Originally posted by Aaron73153
I've been on somewhat of a downloading frenzy on Kazaa, (harkens back the final days of Napster), I'm using PeerGuardian although it is little protection, am I engaged in an act of defiance to the RIAA or askin for my butt to be hauled to court?
I will continue to use Kazaalite K++ and Imesh. I use Peerquardian and Sharewell at the same time. The RIAA can kiss my .A** as far as I am concerned. I download every day. I maay not have as many files as some of you but I like what I got, and am willing to fileshare for as long as I can.
:shy :devil RIAA:devil

[Wolfie]

Different ppl will have different motovation for stayng on and sharing on kazaa. One thing for certain is that ball is now in RIAA's court. Personally I don't they have been success at killing large-scale filesharing by scaring off (being the cheap way to reach thier goals) ppl based on just the numbers on kazaa.

They made this grand gesture/bluff/warning/threat (whatever you want to call it) that'll sue any and all p2p users regardless of how ridiculus it sounds in practice. I guess we'll see if the RIAA can put it's money where its mouth is and risk alienating thier future customers (that is if they manage to get rid of large scale filesharing) with draconian tactics.

[ROMANTICGUY50]

Originally posted by Wolfie
Different ppl will have different motovation for stayng on and sharing on kazaa. One thing for certain is that ball is now in RIAA's court. Personally I don't they have been success at killing large-scale filesharing by scaring off (being the cheap way to reach thier goals) ppl based on just the numbers on kazaa.

They made this grand gesture/bluff/warning/threat (whatever you want to call it) that'll sue any and all p2p users regardless of how ridiculus it sounds in practice. I guess we'll see if the RIAA can put it's money where its mouth is and risk alienating thier future customers (that is if they manage to get rid of large scale filesharing) with draconian tactics.

Even my 14 year old daughter won't buy CD'S anymore nor will her friends, SO MAY THE RIAA BURN THE FUCK IN HELL..
DEATH TO THE RIAA :devil :devil

[Sockfulloflove]

keep sharing and downloading, it's the way to beat them.

[GPA]

Originally posted by Aaron73153
I've been on somewhat of a downloading frenzy

I'm always on a download frenzy

-BoY

[FileHoover]

You can download all you want with impunity. They are going after SHARERS, not downloaders.

[Lamourlady]

fuk em'!
i continue to share every single one of my songs.
nothing has or will be deleted from the list.
i make the bed and sleep in it.

[TipYourBartender]

BRAWK BUCK BUCK BUCK BRAWWWWWWWWWWWWK

Stop being chickens!!!!

[CTC Command]

My filesharing habits have changed not one iota in light of the recent hullaballoo. The only interruption I can see in the foreseeable future will be when I move all my computer equipment from its current location in my house to another room and set up the network again. I may be offline for an hour or two...

[UBER-RAT]

like i give a fuck about the riaa. i have no sympathy for price-fixers.

[tons of fun]

6.2 Gigs .............and counting..........


:black :cross :finger :shoot

[ATLien]

Downloading using Kazaalite 2.1.1 K++ RC 20 right now as we speak, and only sharing a measly 54GB.........for now. But i still have my 1.1TB going to other program

[Brycen257]

I am continuing my downloading frenzy that has recently expanded to include movies as well as music. I haven't used Kazaa lite much lately though ,not because of the RIAA but I was getting 85-90 % fake files there. Very frustrating. I am now getting most of my movies from Clean Imesh (Dr Damn's version of course)

[FrozenShadow23]

The RIAA can kiss their buisness goodbye, too many people hate them now. I didn't hate them until they snapped at their supporters. Still, I don't download to "smite" them, I just don't have much money. I DO by indie labels that arn't affiliated with RIAA, but that's were it ends. The rest is downloaded and burned. I do it cause it's free, not some cultist jiad.

[jonnymnemonic]

Sharing is the danger, particularly if you are in the U.S. Downloading is safe because, well, think about it - the only way they know you're downloading is if THEY are sharing the file you are downloading, and they can't sue you for downloading a file they themselves are making available on the network. And if you're downloading it from someone else, they don't know about that.

I'd love to share my stuff, but being in the U.S., and having a couple of stuffed 200 gigabyte HDs, that'd be quite foolish. I'd be EXACTLY the sort of person they'd target. Of course, I have no formal income (all income is "under the table"), and keep absolutely nothing of value in my name, so even if they DID sue me, they'd get nothing. Still, I don't want the hassle of appearing in court to tell em that. ;)

[collideous]

I haven't used Kazaa in months - it just doesn't have the variety and quality in music I'm looking for. My other good half has been busy downloading music from her home country (not using Kazaa), and quickly made some friends in the file-sharing world. Seems like more and more folks are re-discovering FTP, and exchange login passwords with like-minded people. Kazaa is dead, baby. Kazaa's dead - as far as I'm concerned.

[rainbowdemon]

Originally posted by Lamourlady
fuk em'!
i continue to share every single one of my songs.
nothing has or will be deleted from the list.
i make the bed and sleep in it. I agree 100%. For me it's all out defiance!!!!!:finger :finger :finger :finger 'em

[Aaron73153]

If I download, I also share, leechers suck!