Is Zerpaid keeping the RIAA out to protect us??

**Poopybear** · August 20th, 2002, 09:28 AM

As you can see I am a newbie...just want to get up-to-date about this site and the safety of posting here.. I not a huge p2p person, just dabble. I do, however, think the RIAA is a slimey business.

**Sephiroth** · August 20th, 2002, 09:55 AM

If you mean is this site affiliated with the RIAA.. No.. So as long as you dont break the forum rules you can say whatever you want..

The forum rules is pretty much the following..

1. no flaming
2. no spamming/repetitive posts/crossposting
3. no porno
4. no file requests

**Poopybear** · August 20th, 2002, 10:26 AM

Can the RIAA go to this site and keep a blacklist of people like us to use later - if and when they start trying to prosecute p2p users?... are we setting ourselves up?...This is really the question.

**Sephiroth** · August 20th, 2002, 10:49 AM

Originally posted by Poopybear
Can the RIAA go to this site and keep a blacklist of people like us to use later - if and when they start trying to prosecute p2p users?... are we setting ourselves up?...This is really the question.

No because things like file requests arent allowed here so i doubt that they would want to go after people for merely discussing P2P topics, even so they would have to get a court order to get user information and even then that person could have been using a proxy and/or public e-mail account..

So i dont think you have much to worry about unless you want to start asking for illegal files like cracks or start posting them which isnt allowed anyways or publically admit that your breaking the law..

**Slycktom** · August 20th, 2002, 11:10 AM

You can bet the RIAA comes to sites like this quite often to gather information on the latest P2P trends...

**macazar88** · August 20th, 2002, 11:23 AM

riaa can do what we can do. and hey Sephiroth are you the developer of ares?if you are i think ares is a leech i get crayze uploads on sharaza but no uploads with ares.

**Foreverboard** · August 20th, 2002, 11:40 AM

The RIAA can go to any website like this and take usernames, but they cant do much with them.

**Poopybear** · August 20th, 2002, 12:15 PM

Originally posted by macazar88
riaa can do what we can do. and hey Sephiroth are you the developer of ares?if you are i think ares is a leech i get crayze uploads on sharaza but no uploads with ares.

Ummm....I think Aeris running shoes is a radio ad from GTA3's radio station , "Chatterbox" isn't it?

Just a thought, not to take anything away from your rant about Ares.

**macazar88** · August 20th, 2002, 01:05 PM

i read it rong,but still ares the p2p program is a leech cuz i got rare files whic r uploaded mad on shareaza but with ares(p2p program) i get no uploads wut so ever.

**Sephiroth** · August 20th, 2002, 03:08 PM

Originally posted by Poopybear

Ummm....I think Aeris running shoes is a radio ad from GTA3's radio station , "Chatterbox" isn't it?

Yes it is :)

Although im not the developer of ares.. I think one of the reasons why you have more uploads when your using shareaza is because it uses the download mesh the proposal name im pretty sure is called HUGE. As other gnutella programs add it then it should make downloading and uploading more efficient.. I dunno if ares has it implemented yet or not..