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Filesharing Up 10% After RIAA Threatens Users
Moldy-Rutabaga writes "Technews says filesharing
has gone up 10% on some sites such as Grokster since the Recording Industry
Association of America's announcement on June 25 that it will start tracking down
and suing users of file-sharing programs. Wayne Rosso, president of Grokster,
commented 'even genocidal litigation can't stop
file sharers'."
96% or so (+/- a couple due to frequency distribution) of file-swapping system users realizing that their last names do not start with 'A'
they decided to print out the article and come have a serious talk, and how I should realize filesharing is wrong.
you know when your non-technical parents get it on the action, one of two things:
1) my parents are androids from the future sent by the evil RIAA
2) this is more of a marketing campaign then anything...
VISIT http://www.napsterbits.com for the hillarious adventures of the napster kittyhead!
I can just see some poor bastard trying to serve papers to Heywood Jablome.
Actually the fact that hearing the threat of lawsuits he still decided to install Bearshare certainly says something about human psychology. If you tell a person that they cannot do something, they are almost certainly going to try to do it.
It was true with Napster. I know I didn't care for it at first, but after hearing about the legal issues and such and that you were not supposed to be using napster suddenly I couldn't resist. And it is true that all the legal problems of Napster actually increased the user base.
So Microsoft, whatever you do, do NOT fix all of the bugs in windows!!!
Okay, so he's installed Bearshare, he's downloading all the songs he wanted. Let us know when he finally uninstalls it, m'kay?
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
For the most part yes, unless they themselves share bogus music files and record who downloads them.
You'll take my Redhat from me when you pry it from my cold, dead hands!
COME GET SOME, COPPERS!
Kids these days. They don't know the difference between classic, and just plain old.
I would, but I can't see anything on their webpage, because apparently, they believe that flash is a suitable substitute for HTML and content.
"Quoting famous computer scientists out of context is the root of all evil (or at least most of it) in programming." - K
>lobbyocracy.
You misspelled "fascism"
Make Backup copies of your stuff like you've never done before!
Heh, yeah, OFF-SITE backup copies. Lots of them! :)
Forget thrust, drag, lift and weight. Airplanes fly because of money.
Also, RIAA threats have led to GLOBAL WARMING as global temperatures have also increased. (as measured in the northern hemisphere this spring)
Nah, that couldn't be it. That would mean this article is poorly-researched and misleading.
reminds me of my mom - I told her that Chillean Sea Bass is an endangered species and that restaurants that do serve it are breaking the law. Since then it's the only thing she orders whenever it's available...
Just like pirating music, when you try to stop someone from doing something, it only makes them work harder to do it.
I find it interesting that its based in palistine. So when will the RIAA start supporting the Isreal army to "accidentaly" target thier building?
In America we are imprisoned by our fear of them.
"...used that name for his dog..."
That was my wife.
"...they definitely don't have the latter."
If only we could remember where we left the petition.
I totally did NOT click on the link. I have no idea what it said...probably some mumbo jumbo about Adam and Eve and an Apple or something... I didn't know Macs existed in Biblical times. :)
Again, I categorically deny ever clicking on the link.
My journal has hot
Why why why why why why why WHY do they insist on saying that these people use the companies' websites to trade files?! Jesus fuck-me-in-the-eye Christ!! Okay, get this - I might blow some of your minds here but hang on, the payoff is worth it. They use this little thing (which they happen to get from the website) called (are you ready?) an application. Mmkay? They use the application to do this actual trading. Yes, Kazaa is a program (a different word for application), not a website. Uh huh. Napster was a program too and, again, not a website. Go forth with this newfound knowledge and unfuck yourselves... morons... ack!
I prefer a void in conversation to a vacuous one.
Time to install a wireless NIC card into my laptop. I can download some cool songs & send my neighbors up the river at the same time! Once they are all sent to prison, I'll get a much better parking spot next to my house.
You forgot:
5. Sue offending user
6. ???
7. PROFIT!
This is PURE EAU DE TROLLETTE
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Is that the same as "Do not mod me +5 Funny" on slashdot?
Nelson: Ha, Ha!
"To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit." -Stephen Hawking
See? It's working already, although you should change it to "Do not mod me as funny". Maybe I should add that to my sig ;)
It was fun...
What are you, a priest?
Reminds me of a login page on my old BBS board page where it told people to hit ALT-H
/join #2,000
That also reminds me of an IRC command that experienced people tell to newbies:
I don't know exactly how, but what it really does is leave all currently joined channel instead of joining that #2,000 channel.
There are also things like "If you want to get [something, say Jeri Ryan's nude pics] type Alt-F4" or Alt-FAX. Funny as hell when people started leaving the channel or quitting the server when that message appears.
But how will you get to the RIAA's website?
Oh that's right, it's never up anyway.
To: RIAA Legal Team
Re: The Letter you sent
Dear Sirs:
I received the letter you sent regarding alleged copyright violations on my computer. I have taken my computer in to a technician to be checked, as I believe that my computer may have been "hacked", as I was unaware of any such files residing on my computer. I will be glad to forward contact information for the technician that I sent my computer to so that you can verify that no such activity has taken place. Feel free to contact me by phone at (XXX) XXX-XXXX if you have further questions.
Sincerely,
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