RIAA files 871 subpoenas against traders!

[Jelsoft]

The lawsuits have started!

Music industry wins approval of 871 subpoenas against Internet users

[simian]

*Yawn*

I download and share gigs of music every day. Wheres' MY Subpoena?? I kinda feel neglected. :(

[Evil_Dweller_01]

Omg!

Kazaa noobs who are sharing audio songs and leaving their kazaa's open 24/7 are screwed..and getting caught

[thongsai]

wat do u mean yawn? this is serious.. its only the beginning..

[johnsmatrix]

Oh this can't be good. I wonder what other fun things there going to find on these computers. Software, games, etc.. this will cause some trouble..I also see that these 871 people won't be able to afford Cd's anytime soon.

[Evil_Dweller_01]

Originally posted by johnsmatrix
Oh this can't be good. I wonder what other fun things there going to find on these computers. Software, games, etc.. this will cause some trouble..I also see that these 871 people won't be able to afford Cd's anytime soon.

Umm..I'm sorry to disappoint you but the RIAA is after AUDIO ONLY

They couldn't give a rat's ass about movies, games, and software

They want people sharing audio files..lots of albums, hits..etc.

As long as you dont share a lot of audio files..or maybe none...its not a problem

[Jelsoft]

Originally posted by Evil_Dweller_01
They want people sharing audio files..lots of albums, hits..etc.

As long as you dont share a lot of audio files..or maybe none...its not a problem

I hope you realize that if people stop sharing P2P will die.

[tlogank]

Originally posted by Evil_Dweller_01
As long as you dont share a lot of audio files..or maybe none...its not a problem

Did you read the article? They are going after people that shared as few as 5 files. I think that makes your comment about the amount of shared files false.

This is so ridiculous, they are going to be suing someone's Grandparents that have no idea that they are doing anything illegal. Anyway, I think these idiots in the RIAA are just makign it so much worse on theirselves.

At one point, I was sympathizing with them, but now they are just screwed. I mean seriously, what are they going to accomplish other than encouraging all these P2P companies to better cloak their users. Sue the people in order to get them to buy CD's. What a great business model they have!

[TC75580]

too bad I only share independent and live music, all of which is much better than that Ashanti bullshit being released anyway.

but I download that as well! too bad the pigs don't have proof that I have.

"known online by nicknames such as ''fox3j,'' ''soccerdog33,'' ''clover77'' or ''indepunk74.'' "

lol. from that, it's obvious they were only scanning fasttrack.

I just bought a Zappa CD today. Distributed by Rykodisc, an independent label. I'll never buy a major label distributed record until this subsides. Until they understand and accept the concept of an "honor system". Which is what we're pushing and fighting for, after all.

[ROMANTICGUY50]

Originally posted by Jelsoft
I hope you realize that if people stop sharing P2P will die.

Personally I have No plan to stop filesharing in the near future. I have nothing but total hatred for the RIAA & MPAA.
They are nothing but a bunch of assholes.I will use programs that encrypt my IP address. I don't think that it is possible to destroy filesharing. There is an estimated 56million filesharers in the US alone plus millions around the world.. It is unstopable
PEACE TO ALL.
:devil DEATH TO THE RIAA & MPAA:devil

[Kevin06906]

Hey! anon39023 in that article. i have talked to this person before, yeah this person called me a stupid guinea and a wop since im italian. Damn bastard.

I was going through the article and was praying that my username wasn't there.

[isus]

871? good for them.

looks like somebody is getting a little strapped for cash. think about it... there was a guy awhile back, from www.chewplastic.com who had to give up $12000, his entire life savings, to the riaa.

now imagine 1000 people turning over at least $5000...

but, unfortunately for the riaa, they will just fail. they haven't stamped out p2p yet. why should i think they ever will?

people move on to better technology.

and also consider, that of 4 million people on kazaa, less than 1000 were actually subpoena'd.

[Evil_Dweller_01]

Originally posted by Jelsoft
I hope you realize that if people stop sharing P2P will die.

Calm down...what do you think I'm a leech or something?
It's like I get jumped on as soon as I make a comment which I did not fully explain...

I just made a comment about people sharing limited files and how they have a better chance of surviving then those sharing tons of audio files

Personally, I dont care..I share all my files on every p2p program I use..and thats worth about 12 gigs..growing daily

Of course they have the ability of suing people sharing as little as 5 audio files..but its a RARE possibility..their prime targets are people sharing tons of audio files worth tens of gigs of hard drvie space...

[Spencer45317]

http://www.curlio.com/new_showarticl...4633&page=last

I just finished reading articles on the web regarding the Recording Industry Association of America [RIAA] and law suits they are filing against individuals using peer-to-peer software to share music files over the internet. I represent Dust Traxx, Inc. We manage 27 active House and Techno labels worldwide with a roster of 175 artists globally. In 2002, we were the world’s largest producer, manufacturer, and distributor of House music with 390,000 pieces of vinyl sold.



Something that is gets failed to mention in articles is that the RIAA only represents a small handful of large record companies. They are not a large “industry” watchdog group or cartel open to the recording industry to join. Here is a list of members: http://www.riaa.com/about/members/default.asp You will note that 2/3 of the smaller named labels are actually owned by the larger companies such as Sony making the list itself deceptive in nature. Their claim to members producing 90% of the recording industry market on their webpage is also false.



Besides the fact that the RIAA is deceptive in its claim to represent the recording industry, they are filing suite against people trading songs through peer-to-peer software without real cause to be filing the suite. Take a look at the songs they are claiming in their suites are being traded illegally. Some of these songs are NOT owned or licensed by RIAA members making the RIAA claim to copyright infringement invalid.



As one of the largest dance music companies in the world, I can tell you that we are NOT opposed to peer-to-peer trading of music. We feel that the dinosaurs in the industry need to catch up with technology and consumer demands instead of trying to stomp on the consumers it wants to buy its music. Despite the claims to quality of a peer-to-peer shared song, it is NOT as high quality as a piece of vinyl or commercially manufactured CD. We believe that those sharing songs are mainly young teenagers who once they have consumable money to spend will go out and purchase music as adults.



As a record label group, we are opposed to the actions of the RIAA in suing individuals, and we are not afraid to speak accordingly. I have personally spoken to at least 20 other companies such as mine around the U.S. since the RIAA took steps to file suites against individual file traders, and I can tell you that the INDUSTRY as a whole is AGAINST these lawsuits by the RIAA. This is going to backfire on the INDUSTRY not help it.



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Chuck Paugh





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[Sephiroth]

Originally posted by Jelsoft
I hope you realize that if people stop sharing P2P will die.

Says who? P2P will survive. Will there be anymore napsters or even kazaa's as the content industry has offically fired the first shot in the War on Consumers. Who knows.

Doesnt mean that people just wont say f--- them and share other files which they are in the public domain or from independent publishers. Then people will just say let the content companies have all the content protection they want because they can take that cd, and shove it if they think there going to get one dollar from me ever again. Which i hope what happens.