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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!
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.
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
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)
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.
Is that the same as "Do not mod me +5 Funny" on slashdot?