Comments on: UseNet Service UseNet.com Loses Copyright Infringement Case

By: D.AN

D.AN — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:31:33 +0000

“Many independent labels have been wrongly listed as members of the RIAA on the RIAA’s own website, and have fought for many years to have them removed from the site….”

By: mal greenborg

mal greenborg — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:14:31 +0000

If usenet hadn’t turned into a cesspit of spam and file sharing, and if my ISP still gave me nntp access, I’d care. But 99% of usenet turned to complete spuzz about five years ago.

breeze55, most indie labels are members of the RIAA.

By: breeze55

breeze55 — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:03:06 +0000

I don’t but ANY CD’s anymore if they are not on an independent label… so please curl up and die RIAA like the obsolete dinosaur you are.

By: DrewWilson

DrewWilson — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:40:27 +0000

So no one there hit the nail on the head. A few close ones though.

The point I see in all of this is the fact that the RIAA now has a precedent to work with in going after other UseNet providers on US soil. Once the US providers are knocked out, they’ll take their case worldwide and shut down as many providers as possible. Given that it’s much harder to keep providers decentralized on a provider-to-provider basis, it’ll be easier for the industry to shut them down. The only uphill battle for the copyright industry is the fact that the providers make millions and can defend themselves – arguably one of the biggest reasons why it’s taken so long for any of them to land in legal hot water.

By: CD

CD — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:24:10 +0000

Every time I see the letters RIAA in the news, I buy one less CD.

By: Yoshi

Yoshi — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:21:10 +0000

http://www.slyck.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=47792

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Re: RIAA triumphs in Usenet copyright case

Postby Overnet User » Wed Jul 01, 2009 12:06 am

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vampirescu
October 18th, 2007 | 02:17

First the RIAA has NOT sued over 20,000 people in the past 4 years, well they tell you to pay $ ?000 or they will sue.
usenet.com deserves this for there advertising, they advertise in a way that this is the best way to get pirated software.

http://www.p2p-blog.com/item-389.html is the complete text

http://www.rlslog.net/riaa-attacks-continue-now-usenet/

Usenet.com is not usenet or the whole. They are a provider. They advertised their service as anonymous and the best way to get pirated software. The cartels seen this as an easy target and by the time the verdict would be out, people would forget. The web probably has pictures of their advertisement out there somewhere because I remember people saying take screenshots and stuff before they change it. Well it was changed when the cartels sued usenet.com. This should not scare other usenet providers as long as they do not advertise that their service is the best way to get pirated materials and then charge money to use it.

DejaVu
October 18th, 2007 | 20:58 Usenet.com is a company name, a logo, a slogan or probably a very expensive domain name at best.

USENET is USEr NETwork, not one specific thing, not thousands, more like a few million servers world wide by now! The RIAA as an association couldnt close THE USENET down by themselves unless the internet was practically pulled offline the world over! NEWSGROUPS back in the day was email/chat/communication. The Internet today is the evolution of USENET -> http://computer.howstuffworks.com/newsgroup.htm If USENET is pulled from the internet, its users would plumet, BIG!

http://www.rlslog.net/riaa-attacks-continue-now-usenet/
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