500 Arrest Already Made?

[J'Pol]

How many feckin times.

It is a criminal matter if it is for commercial gain. However it will only be dealt with criminallly if it is of a substantial level and in the public interest.

Sharing and personal use is a civil matter. You cannot arrest people for a civil matter. Unless someone refuses to obey an interlocutor, then the offence would probably be contempt.

This is in the UK.

Just take sensible precautions. They have been posted many, many times.

[harrycary]

While it's true that this is completely a civil matter, don't think you cannot get in trouble if you live outside of the US. You're just fooling yourself if you think otherwise.

With the exception of very few countries, copyright laws are in existence virtually around the world. Why do you think the Sharman Networks(et al) is incorporated where they are?(a small island in the South Pacific)

Go to a local store, pickup a DVD, CD, tape, whatever. Does it have a copyright mark?(a small "c" within a circle, or a small "tm") Than you can get into trouble.

Share on..

[J'Pol]

Of course you can be sued elsewhere and not just in the US.

However how good would that look. We aren't suing people in the US but we are instructing lawyers to sue people in Ireland.

Yeah that will happen.

Just take sensible precautions. It isn't difficult.

[chalkmongoose]

The RIAA has almost no case. They have to {PROVE} first of all, that you actually did share the file, and not just have it to provide backups of movies you've purchased (fair use law).
Then they have to explain how they {FOUND OUT} and since quite a bit of it is not exactly on the up an' up, they have a bit of 'splainin' to do.
The problem really is with government's like in the US, where democracy's been dead for a few years.

[TIBZ]

Originally posted by powershot@25 July 2003 - 15:08
Realty

What exactly do you mean by bullshit? Meaning its not true? Also once they have the Ip's of people using p2p they can easily find them and arrest/ fine them cant they?

ok just by using our ip to find out that we have p2p software on our computer wud be invasion of ur privacy which they cannot do without showing you a warrant to do so.........thats a whole different story and u can take them to court and win lots and lots of ca$h

[AnTiSocIaL]

Man If this shit is fo real a lot of cats will be fucked

[chalkmongoose]

Originally posted by AnTiSocIaL@26 July 2003 - 05:04
Man If this shit is fo real a lot of cats will be fucked

A great deal of it is hype by the far-right media of this country (which includes all of it.)

[Time]

WTF are you talking about far right? It's those liberal bastards on CNN, ABC, CBS, etc, that are reporting all the bad news, about EVERYTHING.

[chalkmongoose]

Originally posted by Time@26 July 2003 - 06:07
WTF are you talking about far right? It's those liberal bastards on CNN, ABC, CBS, etc, that are reporting all the bad news, about EVERYTHING.

The day Dan Rather becomes liberal is the day my balls fall off and I grow a p()ssy.

[DasScoot]

The RIAA has bought both sides in this one.