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Verizon to Reveal Customers in DMCA Subpoena Case

Posted by michael on from the end-of-the-line dept.

JulisJ writes "NYTimes reports that Verizon will turn over the names of online subscribers accused of swapping music. This could be a big blow to the file-swapping community, even if you're swapping legit." There's also a story on News.com. See our previous story for background.

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  1. Doesn't effect me by Spuds · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is the reason I only download movies and Tv shows. Music is much too dangerous.

  2. Well... by Anixamander · · Score: 5, Funny

    This could be a big blow to the file-swapping community, even if you're swapping legit.

    Exactly. Both of those people may be forced to use ftp.

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    Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball(TM)
  3. Re:What are they gonna do? by Tackhead · · Score: 5, Funny
    > > BRB, someone's knocking on my doo..&)DFF *& &FEfew8afujewa8iop9u
    >NO CARRIER
    >
    > Heh, file swapping with a modem? He deserved to get nailed!

    Yeah, but it's a 56k modem. Even limited to 53K by FCC regs, that's equivalent to more than 177 separate 300 baud modems! Talk about mass piracy!

    (P.S. Yo, WTF's up with the big fonts, Slashguys? Am I the only one seeing the sans-serif fonts as huge?!)

  4. Re:Yeah, but can they prove guilt? by rusty0101 · · Score: 5, Funny
    Checklist for protecting myself from RIAA

    Back up all data to stranger's off site secure data storage center.

    Buy a couple of new hard drives.

    Move all non-infringing work to the new hard drives.

    Buy and install a bench grinder.

    Grind down the old hard drives with infringing material on them to dust.

    Buy a bench forge.

    Melt down dust from grinding hard drives.

    Make ingots of the materil.

    Ask Drive Savers to recover the infringing material from the ingots, they claim a 95% recovery rate, should be a good test.

    Turn over recovered material to RIAA when they come a knocking at the door.

    Spend several years in penn for resisting arrest and destruction of evidence.

    -Rusty

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    You never know...
  5. Offtopic: Dual, not Duel by Osty · · Score: 5, Funny

    (emphasis added by me)

    It reminds me of when I was 13 years old, and was at the stereo store waiting to plunk down some of my hard earned paper route money for a duel cassete deck (these things used to be expensive), and the sales person went on a long lecture about how if I used this to make copies of my freinds tapes I'd be ruining it for everyone, and if I did that, someday you wouldn't be able to buy duel tape decks.

    I guess the two decks in the player could have been in a prearranged, formal combat between two persons, usually fought to settle a point of honor, but I highly doubt it. I'm sure you meant it was composed of two usually like or complementary parts instead. Too bad you didn't say that.