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RIAA to Sue You Now

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the sue-sue-suedio dept.

An anonymous reader writes "MSNBC reports that apparently the music industry feels so satisfied with going after file swapping software makers that they want to sue the pants off the file swappers themselves. Of course, you'll need to be a big fish with lots of illegal music to get their attention." This is what they should have done in the first place- go after the people who are actually doing it instead of making P2P seemingly illegal.

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  1. Big Fish, eh? by The_Shadows · · Score: 2, Funny

    Of course, you'll need to be a big fish with lots of illegal music to get their attention."

    That's good news for all of us humans out here, but what about our aquatic File-swapping friends? Unite with our fishy friends and protect their rights to music!

  2. just imagine the court docket by Patrick13 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "The United States versus KazaaLite User "SpankyPants27", AKA 64.123.25.14"

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  3. Here's where it gets funny. by wrinkledshirt · · Score: 5, Funny

    Years from now, law students are going to have to remember the names of groundbreaking cases that formed the latest incarnation of IP law...

    RIAA v. l33t d0Wn104d3r
    RIAA v. i oWnz j00
    RIAA v. cr4pfl00d3r

    Can't wait to see how those textbooks handle it...

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    1. Re:Here's where it gets funny. by Chemical · · Score: 2, Funny
      Actually, a dot-bomb company tried to do something similar to this. PrintCafe attempted to subpoena Pud from Fucked Company to obtain the identities of "Ex-DLJ, sucky-me, and idiot!", whom they were going to sue for posting defamatory comments on the anonymous Fucked Company message boards.

      You can see the whole saga here, including all the crap Pud received from PrintCafe's lawyers. It even says "PrintCafe Inc. v. Ex-DLJ, sucky-me, and idiot!" on the documents. Funny shit.

    2. Re:Here's where it gets funny. by NeMon'ess · · Score: 5, Funny

      RIAA v. FUCKRIAAUPTHIERSTUPIDASSES
      RIAA v. HILARYROSENISACUNTIMFISTINGUPTOMYELBOW
      RIAA v. JACKVALENTITAKESMYCDSUPHISASSHOLE

      Fun for the whole court.

  4. Holy Bat-Lawyers, Batman! by Robinn · · Score: 2, Funny

    It looks like the RIAA has decided to attack innocent file swappers! If someone doesn't stop them, the lawyers will take over!

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    1. Re:Holy Bat-Lawyers, Batman! by Batmann · · Score: 2, Funny

      Sounds like trouble to me. And if I'm not mistaken, the Joker is behind this...

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  5. Lets sue them back... by LordYUK · · Score: 2, Funny

    I am SURE that there is a law regarding noise pollution... and I am positive most of you have heard the latest Booby Spears and N Stink songs at least in passing...
    :)

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  6. Six simple steps to win the lawsuit by Big+Toe · · Score: 4, Funny

    1. Notified of lawsuit against you
    2. Drive to local music store
    3. Buy CDs of songs downloaded
    4. Show up to court
    5. Laugh in face of RIAA as they accuse you of stealing what you already own
    6. Yawn.

  7. Sue me for what??? by starX · · Score: 5, Funny

    I just graduated from college with a liberal arts degree. If they want massive amounts of money from me, they're just going to have to get in line and wait their turn.

  8. It's All Thanks to Slashdot Polls... by da3dAlus · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Of course, you'll need to be a big fish with lots of illegal music to get their attention."

    Gee, I dunno where the RIAA would get any ideas about how much disk space that we use to store our MP3's.

    Note to RIAA: "If you're using these numbers to do anything important, you're insane."

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  9. No, what's funny is... by JoshWurzel · · Score: 1, Funny

    that I'll be thinking about this non-stop as I take my practice LSAT exam this weekend.

  10. Re:libraries are also the targets by Crusty+Oldman · · Score: 4, Funny

    I keep wondering how much longer it will take for somebody out there to realize that the author of the copyright clause in the US Constitution was also the guy that created the first free book lending library.

    Oh shit! How we gonna mod this one down?

  11. New name for a P2P application by tcc · · Score: 5, Funny

    SeeUsueMe

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  12. Re:About time by zootread · · Score: 2, Funny

    Finally, in neither case, is the person downloading the file, mp3 or html, going to be committing a crime, because how the hell do they know if the file is illegal or not? We *might* be able to argue that they had a reasonable suspicion that the files were illegal copies, but the primary guilt is still with the person offering them up for download.

    True enough. There are many times when I do a P2P search for "amateur" and just download every result and sort them out as I get them. I end up having to delete a lot of copyrighted non-amateur porn because people mislabel files all the time.

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  13. Re:Advantage of Gnutella by Shadarr · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you're using Gnutella, you're protected by the fact that nobody can successfully download any of the files you have "shared". This makes the search results more like a web page listing the CD's you own, and thus you aren't actually distributing copywrite material. Kazaa has no such protection.

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