File-sharing and AOL

Andrew Leonard writes "Farhad Manjoo's cover story in Salon today, on AOL's refusal to take a stand on the RIAA's (so far) successful attempt to get subscriber information from Verizon, is a detailed look at the most important battle in the file-sharing world right now."

Comments

Was that my IP?

[crisco]

All that the record industry had on the alleged thief was an eight-digit Internet protocol address, 141.158.104.94.

Hmm, I wonder what my IP was last July 15th...

This doesn't make any sense.

[goatasaur]

It takes, like, five hours to download an MP3 on AOL.

Great.

[mikeophile]

Not only are all the tech jobs going overseas, but now the US is going to lose it's warez site superiority too.

ATTENTION RIAA! NO NEED TO CONTACT MY ISP

[Veovis]

I just downloaded Metallica's "Enter Sandman" from the following P2P network:

Kazaa

My IP is 204.39.65.157, a proxy

My information is:

Home Address:
John Abshire
14387 SeeYouInCourt
Whatareyougonnadoaboutit, MI, 48hahaha

You may also contact me at my work address:
John Abshire
1 Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA USA 98052-8300

Re:ATTENTION RIAA! NO NEED TO CONTACT MY ISP

[kruetz]

Pity the poor bloke that actually lives on SeeYouInCourt Rd, Whatareyougonnadoaboutit. "Alright, buddy, get in the van!" "What? What's this about?" "We know you've been downloading illegal MP3s. Now move it!" "But I don't even own a computer! I only moved in last week!" "Look buddy, we saw your post on slashdot. Now're you're fucked!" -- slashdot nabs another net-thief

Yea, Right

[Veovis]

Dialing..... Connecting... Loading... WELCOME! YOU GOT LAWSUIT!

8, 12, what's three digits between friends?

[autopr0n]

All that the record industry had on the alleged thief was an eight-digit Internet protocol address, 141.158.104.94

Of course, it would have been 8 digits if it was written in Hex. maybe the author was just a hard-core nerd? And thought, digit = 4bits?