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The War Between p2p and Record Companies Heating Up?
the-dude-man writes "Securityfocus.com Reports that there may be a new nasty turn to the battle between the p2p networks and the RIAA/MPAA. recently, the RIAA has been trying to flood kazza with files that appear to be valid copyrighted material (movies,mp3s, ect) but are empty or, in one case, of Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone, contain a voice file asking, "What the f*ck do you think you are doing?". The p2p networks are considering a possible move agianst the RIAA in response to this by using recently enacted anti-spam laws."
IEEE Spectrum Magazine's topic for the month of May is "Invasion of the Music Snatchers." A number of copying and filesharing attacks and counterattacks are discussed.
Many of this month's articles are online, but if you are not an IEEE member you are limited to the "publicfeature" URL's.
No shit. Let's not forget that our major problem with the RIAA is the fact that they are enacting laws and introducing DRM technologies that destroy our fair use as consumers. Our problem with them is not that they are trying to prevent us from stealing music.
Granted, they need to be in compliance with the law as they take swipes at pirates...but c'mon, they're still pirates.
You like your Macintosh better than me, don't you Dave? Dave? Can you hear me Dave?
KaZaA Lite has a webpage with verified downloads (seems to be under construction, right now). Or just google. That simple.
Despite this, there is a rating system in KaZaA Lite.
Excellence: Moderate (mostly affected by comments on your karma)
The "what the fuck" clip has already even been remixed. The site with the links for that is here.
A screenshot of madonna's hacked site can be found here.
You can find the original "wtf do you think you're doing" Madonna mp3, along with a pile of remixes at the Madonna Remix Project.
In most countries, it is not illegal to download copyrighted music. It's illegal to redistribute copyrighted music against the wishes of the copyright holder.
The RIAA can't come after you just for downloading music. You have to be actively re-sharing that music out again to break a law.
On the flip side, though, you are not procuring that music through legal/legitimate means, so you may not be granted certain protections and warranties that you might otherwise be granted, so your law suit might be tricky.
Your jurisdiction may differ, though.
Remember that piracy is stealing
1. It's not "piracy". Piracy is a crime committed on the high seas, involving armed robbery and murder. This is copyright infringement.
2. It's not "stealing" under any sane definition (not even under the law, in most cases). It's a civil tort.
While I don't condone copyright infringement in any way (and I don't have ANY bootleg music or software myself, nor do I want to) it's disturbing to see someone who's been so thoroughly brainwashed by the RIAA.
I never thought I'ld be saying it, but they need to follow Apple's lead. To stop theft, make a service that is faster and more convinient than stealing. What the MPAA and RIAA want to do is way too much like the British Salt Laws. They'ld like to have licenses which say "only you may listen to this song only on this copy of this medium."
Galium Arsenide is the material of the future, and always will be.
What utter crap. Of my rather large CD collection, I'd say about 15% was produced by a large record label, and only about half was produced by a label at all. I don't infringe copyrights because the music spewed out by labels is almost completely crap, and the few bright spots I'm more than willing to pay for.
I get most of my CDs by going to shows and getting them (usually for free) from bands I like, or downloading the tunes from their websites.
Ever heard of marketing? Mailing lists? Salesmanship? Good old-fashioned pressing the flesh? I know lots of bands that do that to get people interested in their work. Oh wait... you mean you want musicians not to have to work at it?
Hello! Earth to Eminor! The music being spit out ALREADY lacks credibility. The quality ALREADY is no good. In fact, the only decent music I can find with a very few exceptions comes from people that RIAA members wouldn't touch with a 10-foot pole.
Hey, if you feel you need some suit to decide what music you should choose from, go for it. But don't act like they're doing the rest of us a favor, OK?
All's true that is mistrusted