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Investigating the RIAA's Billion-Dollar Claims
zrosener writes "I've put together a site with a lot of information on the cases. I created
diagrams and explanations of the file sharing systems these students created
that the RIAA is suing them for - and how they are functionally and
technically very similar to Microsoft's tools built right into windows,
and how they are dissimilar from Napster's." Good detective work.
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Wow...thats bright.
The magnatism of your power lines is out of wack and now you have totaly lost your connection to the net.
Wish they would fix these silly power lines right so the broadband would give us the 2GB capacity.
1) /. server.
2) Claim inflated losses for each potential viewer lost * theoretical maximum recieved from each one.
3) Sue.
4) Profit!
Don't laugh. It's their real-world business model.
why not establish mirrors before you submit to slashdot, especially if it's a self referral?
must like the slashdotting effect.
because I have been enjoined by this Holy Office to abandon the false opinion which maintains that the Sun is the centre
As with so many other legal issues, it's a question of intent. With student-written file sharing systems, you are intentionally sharing your files with the whole world. With Windows File Sharing, you are unintentionally sharing your files with the whole world.