File-swapping Lawsuits

[Supernatural]

I just read an article on C|NET here (http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5073004.html?tag=fd_lede1_sl), saying that the RIAA has filed lawsuits like they said they would. It really is getting out of hand. Don't they realize that this will do alot more harm than good.

As soon as I read "Step 2:", I immedietly went to the K-Lite options and enabled the "Users can't get a list of all your shared files" feature. :ph34r:

[RealitY]

If you live in the US then Write A Letter (http://www.klboard.ath.cx/index.php?showtopic=56114).

[3rd gen noob]

i'm not next
i'm in the uk...:D

[Adster]

and im from australia

[Supernatural]

Lucky bastards! :swear: (I'm mad at my country, not yours. So don't worry.)

[Adster]

Lucky bastards!  (I'm mad at my country, not yours. So don't worry.)

yeah I wouldn't seriously worry to much the chances are slim to get caught just use the privacy patch

[Supernatural]

Of course I'm not getting caught. The RIAA IP ranges are blocked and users can't get a list of my shared files. God I love K-Lite. :D

[madgrudz]

Grrr........i love k-lite wi th the RIAA ip range blocking......but the damn RIAA I saw on the news today is sueing a 12 year old cathlic school girl from Manhattan who had mp3's. Some of them included Family Matters theme song to "If your happy and you know it clap your hands." Now this shit is going to far. First off, the suing people is just raising public awairness of p2p, and a poll done prior to the lawsuits showed 63% dont gave a shit about getting suied, and now that they are, a new poll showed 70% dont give a shit. Theres no way the RIAA can stop p2p, and suing 12 year old girls for 150 million dollars is not going to help. Lowering to sky high prices of cd's from $20 to maybe $10-15 dollars would get less p2p activty, cause they got a freaking monopoly on the industry, to buy one good song, you have to shell out $20 bucks, and if you got a mp3 player, what are you suposta do also if the cd is one of those new rip-proof ones? (Asuing u dont get around it). Riaa is so stupid...........

[Adster]

well its 30 bucks hre and 10 bucks for a single which sux who in the world would want to pay 10 bucks for 1 song?

[Supernatural]

Originally posted by Hogster@9 September 2003 - 06:46
well its 30 bucks hre and 10 bucks for a single which sux who in the world would want to pay 10 bucks for 1 song?
$10 USD for a single? That just ain't right. $30 is for an album is rediculous.

[j4y3m]

It's About £4 Here Wich Is About $7 And Around £12 Wich Is About $17 For And Album :blink:

[The_Verifier]

I know I'm not stoppin sharin or downloading,and if they want to sue me,dont have nuthin to give em anyway.If you are one of em gettin sued,let em sue you,after its done,hide your assests and file bankruptcy screw em, they say music sales are down but most of the stuff I download I never would of bought anyway,what do they think were all rich, we download cause were all 2 poor to buy it unlike those jaguar driving dicks, if i made 200 thousand a year then I would buy not download.

[Oregonian]

Is there a way to find out, of all the people who are sued, how many of them were you using Kazaa, K-Lite or any other programs ?

[Dapadipz]

thank god im in the UK

[English Wolf]

Originally posted by Dapadipz@9 September 2003 - 18:42
thank god im in the UK
I was thinking that but i read on the BBC website that if this is Succesful (sp?) in America (damn yanks :angry: ) then they are going to test it out in the UK. I know the RIAA have no jurisdiction over here but there is a UK equivalent. Im not panickin cause i use the piracy patch plus Peerguardian bsides don't they need to get what you downloaded of your ISP? and the fact that ISP's over here are competing to be the fastest by advertising how fast you can download music files and movies plus who is going to upgrade to a fast connection when theres nothing decent to download. So whos going to lose money? Hope this makes sense and sorry if ive ramble on abit.

[L0rD_S0tH]

Originally posted by Hogster@9 September 2003 - 11:16

Lucky bastards! (I'm mad at my country, not yours. So don't worry.)

yeah I wouldn't seriously worry to much the chances are slim to get caught just use the privacy patch
hell yeah. they are suing 200 or so people. do you know what a small percentage of users that? Besides do they think out of country users are going to stop? Damn the RIAA is ridculous! I'll be damned if I buy another album, thats all I know. I used to buy cd's before all this BS.

[loz]

Originally posted by madgrudz@9 September 2003 - 11:39
...who had mp3's. Some of them included Family Matters theme song to "If your happy and you know it clap your hands." ...
I have that song too! :lol:

[imported_minimhost]

I agree with english wolf and others regarding the music industry attempting to put the fear of god into everyone. If you lood at the official Microsoft Windows XP website, you will see KaZaA-Lite advertised and recommended to all as a suitable download software program, enabling fileshareing of music and other media. What the hell is going on!!

perhaps all filesharers should stop all purchases of CD's for a period to show the power of the general public.

Threats of huge fines will cause the population of the planet to have uncertainty in the future control of the internet. The big business interests are quite happy to have us bombarded with advertising muck, why not control that and do some good for a change.......

[Supernatural]

Originally posted by Oregonian@9 September 2003 - 12:36
Is there a way to find out, of all the people who are sued, how many of them were you using Kazaa, K-Lite or any other programs ?
Subpoena Database Query Tool (http://www.eff.org/IP/P2P/riaasubpoenas/)

[nemeanlion12]

someone mentioned a privacy patch? how do I get it?

[Supernatural]

Privacy patch? :huh:

[DasScoot]

Originally posted by nemeanlion12@10 September 2003 - 20:11
someone mentioned a privacy patch? how do I get it?
It's built into the more recent versions. Check your options.