5 Reasons Not To Be Afraid Of The Riaa

[Hobo King]

14th amendment is:
Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
-this is what i think they are trying to say is the right to privacy


Section 2. Representatives shall be apportioned among the several states according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each state, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the executive and judicial officers of a state, or the members of the legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such state, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such state.


Section 3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any state legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any state, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.


Section 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any state shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.


Section 5. The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.

[faeryofpurejoy]

I have a (prob-y stupid) question. I was told that 56-K ppl wouldn't have to worry about the RIAA much because our IP's are not static. Is this true?

[Lord Anubis]

Yes 56k is generally none static and changes every time you dial in.

As for earlier when I read about some plan by them to produce fake music software files to crash youre computer, Well thats fkin out of order and not only that its highly illigal more so than filesharing.

They have allready made a total screw up of one of thier operations.

Read This Article

and This

Cildar writes "In the 'oops' category, the RIAA was forced to withdraw its suit against a 66 year old computer neophyte (read Apple User for god's sake) when they discovered she thought 'Kazaa' was a magician playing at local kids' birthday parties. The story is as reported in the Boston Globe." Update: 09/24

She owned a MAC for god sake, Kazaa doesnt work on a mac yet look what they accused her of.

W*****s man, Can somebody not dos the fkrs or hack em.

At the end of the day I dont see anything wrong with downloading songs for use on youre home pc, If you download loads of them then sell them and make profit from it then that is stealing and I have no problem with people getting in to trouble for it, If you download it and listen to it only on youre pc then I don't see a problem.

[MichaelEdwards]

"Yes 56k is generally none static and changes every time you dial in."

Yes, but there are time stamps for each different IP you use with dial-up, so it is still traceable, just with more information required.

[Auburn_Tygaz]

Originally posted by Lord Anubis@18 October 2003 - 14:24

She owned a MAC for god sake, Kazaa doesnt work on a mac yet look what they accused her of.

W*****s man, Can somebody not dos the fkrs or hack em.

I read that article & I had the feeling it was only a matter of time before a mishap like that one occurred. After all, their really isn't a "perfect system" for ANYTHING. For those who haven't read that article might wanna peep it. What really got to me was the arrogant half-azz apology they offered: "Please note, however, that we will continue our review of the issues you raised and we reserve the right to refile the complaint against Mrs. Ward if and when circumstances warrant" - Colin J. Zick, the Foley Hoag lawyer. In other words, 'We know we f$%@ed up but we will continue to probe her as a just-in-case tactic so the error won't make us look bad.' What a bunch of pompous jackazzes. Also when they discovered that she didn't have 2 cents of a clue of what filesharing was, they tried to use the kids possibly downloading music as an alternate suggestion. Her kids don't live with her. Besides, hmm let's see a 66-yr old woman make her 'kids' about 30-40 something. I mean they claimed this 66-yr old SCULPTOR was downloading Trick Daddy's "I'm a Thug." This little old lady lives in suburban Massachussetts and I doubt if she even knows who 2Pac, Snoop or even LL Cool J is less only Trick.

I guess this also reveals the credibility & the PC intelligence of the people the RIAA have employed to do their dirty work. If they would have done their homework, they would have known that Kazaa never has supported MAC systems.

The RIAA is going to continue their random acts of stupidity and attempt to press charges against someone who has more legal smarts than the people they have currently caught and will end up countersuing them. The DMCA does not give the RIAA the right pursue people the way they are doing. For a little more research on that you can view the PDF on the previous post on the previous page.

To answer your question can the RIAA be hacked or DOS'ed, it's possible but would be extremely difficult seeing as the RIAA scanners come from systems using false IPs, plus they also use the services of 3rd party companies that place spyware on your computer to monitor PC activities. So in essence it would help to know the companies the RIAA are tag-teaming with.

[handsup]

Whats about classical music. I mean real classical music like wagner, berlioz etc.
These guys died long time ago. Copyrights?

cu hands

[Auburn_Tygaz]

Originally posted by handsup@21 October 2003 - 21:40
Whats about classical music. I mean real classical music like wagner, berlioz etc.
These guys died long time ago. Copyrights?

Currently there are no legal copyrights to classical music. However that doesn't mean the RIAA won't cut any corners because of the genre

[logan_scott_05]

The highest one was $7,500 for some student that was sharing 1 MILLION mp3 files.

Just had to say this:

It would take 5.7 years to listen to 1 MILLION mp3s with an average length of 3 minutes!

[dogma]

hmmm. if it would take 5.7 years to listen to them wonder how long it took to DL them ;p

[Auburn_Tygaz]

Originally posted by logan_scott_05@22 October 2003 - 01:31
It would take 5.7 years to listen to 1 MILLION mp3s with an average length of 3 minutes!

5.7 yrs??! Why listen to all that music when you can just burn the ones you need to a CD & be about your business? Besides who has the time (or the lack of a life) to listen to that many songs?