File Types

[DefJukie]

Does anyone know if the RIAA is only going after mp3s, or RARed/zipped files as well?
Any word of subpoenas on the smaller networks yet? (Ares, BitTorrent, etc)

[Malicious Intent]

They are planning something for BT, they must be. I just don't know what and I have no evidence. You do have to worry about the MPAA on BT though.
Ares has still fallen under the radar, but the RIAA undoubtably watches this site, so they are alerted that the keen sharers are going there now.
That is my optimistic outlook. Just because it's been safe up to now doesn't mean that it will continue to be.

[hawkburn]

Yea, theyll go after RARed and achived files, of course, especially since RARed files contain full albums, obviously easier be blamed for than one song that "Was corrupt on the CD that I bought at the store"

[baghdad_steve15]

They are planning something for BT, they must be. I just don't know what and I have no evidence. You do have to worry about the MPAA on BT though.
Ares has still fallen under the radar, but the RIAA undoubtably watches this site, so they are alerted that the keen sharers are going there now.
That is my optimistic outlook. Just because it's been safe up to now doesn't mean that it will continue to be.

Maybe I should turn on my Ares fanboy more cautiously.

Back to topic:
The RIAA will probably go after all networks that are very popular. By popular I mean 1mil+ users. They are currently going after MP3's. I have not heard of a person getting sued over OGGs, but thats probably because the RIAA does not know about them. (They do now).

[origin]

I think it isnt just the mp3 files like if the whole new britney spears album(4 example) is a compressed file(being .rar.zip.ace.tar or whatever) if they(riaa/or associated org's) uncompress it and find the copyrighted media within it. I would think there is nothing really stopping them from making the same kind of sute of someone just sharing mp3's on some p2p network, it seems like it would be more trouble since it is a full album(s) rather than single infringments of regular mp3 files. There has yet to be any sutes of that nature we will yet to see something like this.I hope not.

l8

[RJ5500]

A lot of compressed files are not very descriptive of the contents inside.

For example, Britney Spears' album, "In The Zone", could (and probably is somewhere) titled britney.rar, bsinz.zip, or something like that.

[rastilin]

Yeah but then how would other sharers find it.

[RJ5500]

Yeah but then how would other sharers find it.

They may not find it on P2P networks, but people put files with filenames such as this on FTPs and in the webspace of websites, and then tell people where the file is located.

This is a common practice on digital music forums that pass around links to music on the web.

[tidal]

its a very good idea in theoy and works great in smaller groups but once you open up that closed knit community to the "general public" everything will break down. Oh well...-_-

[origin]

Then how are people who are sharing on the ed2k network being sued for sharing, I have like never seen singular music files on ed2k it is usually larger files witch in the case of music would be a whole album or collection. Since when does filenames matter to what the media actually is it could be named RIAAthisisnotreal.mp3 and if it was really a song that falls under there copyright then they shure would do the same thing as if it was named after the real thing. File names are imparative to the riaa for finding victims to deprive of hard earned money.

l8

[Krell]

They are planning something for BT, they must be. I just don't know what and I have no evidence. You do have to worry about the MPAA on BT though.
Ares has still fallen under the radar, but the RIAA undoubtably watches this site, so they are alerted that the keen sharers are going there now.
That is my optimistic outlook. Just because it's been safe up to now doesn't mean that it will continue to be.

WOW, you have really got your fingers on the pulse of the RIAA! Do you have inside information. . . ? hmMMMM!?




The RIAA will probably go after all networks that are very popular. By popular I mean 1mil+ users. They are currently going after MP3's.

Probably the best post here just based on common sense. Where do people like to go fishing? They go where they know they can catch fish.

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