P2P File Swapping on the Rise Again?

asdf 101 writes "News.com reports today that 'After six months of declines, peer-to-peer usage recently climbed 14 percent.' Their bottomline: 'The decline came as the RIAA launched more than 300 lawsuits against file swappers. The reversal cast doubts on the music industry's claims that its lawsuits are working to deter people from illegally downloading music files.' I guess wake_up_and_smell_the_coffee time just gets that much more imminent for all the hacks at RIAA." There's also an AP story, and you might want to review this story from just a few weeks ago that has different conclusions.

Comments

I, for one, have stopped

[Anonymous Coward]

I buy all my CDs now. It's the ehtical thing to do.

Re:I, for one, have stopped

[Anonymous Coward]

Buying used tables is only one small step above piracy. Sure, it gives nothing to the CIAA (Carpentry Industry Association of America), but it also gives nothing back to the carpenters.

I am a blacksmith and this is been a major issue with our industry. The rise of used hammers is far scarier than outright piracy.

An idea . . .

[Limburgher]

Let's all go buy a bunch of CD's, and share the files vi P2P. That'll REALLY screw with the statistics. . .;)

Re:How it all works

[Anonymous Coward]

Now ask yourself exactly why ther is coverage of KaZaA on a site obstensibly devoted to Free Software.

Skashdot is not onstensibly devoted to Free Software. You may feel that it is in actuality devoted to Free Software, but then that would contradict your own point. Slashdot is ostensibly devoted to "News for Nerds" and to "Stuff that Matters".

HTH

Re:The More You Tighten Your Grip...

[Joe the Lesser]

Charming, to the last.

You may sue when ready.

Re:I haven't used p2p in months

[seanadams.com]

Since they're a lot of them around that are 100k or less that's a lot of music. Plus they transfer so much better than mp3s over a slow connection.

Meh. Why not just record over one of those talking greeting cards with 3.8 seconds of your favorite music, and take that with you? So much more compact, and less expensive too... sure it's not the best sound and it doesn't hold much, but it's better than waiting to transfer those enormous mp3 files, right?

Re:It never really stopped

[seanadams.com]

What the RIAA doesn't seem to realize is that, people are able to block certain IP addresses in many of the client programs.

Yes, but this only works because their computer is BROADCASTING AN IP ADDRESS!

Re:It depends on who you ask...

[babyrat]

I'd like to know how they take these statistics.

Ya know, reading the article is easier than it sounds...there's even a link to it in the story above - all you have to do is click!

And yes, I think they do know about all those things you mention.

Re:It depends on who you ask...

[Patrick13]

I read the article and it reminded me that there's some music I want to add to my collection. :)

Re:I haven't used p2p in months

[dupper]

Oh, please. No one here's naive enough to believe that "P2P networks are only being used by college students who want porn and music." They're also being used by high school students who want porn and music.

I can't stand cheap people

[Anonymous Coward]

I can't stand cheap people. It makes me real mad when someone says something like, "Hey, when are you going to pay me that $100 you owe me?" or "Do you have that $50 you borrowed?" Man, quit being so cheap!

Re:English major, are you?

[Anonymous Coward]

[QUOTE]Actually, as a college student who's college decides[/QUOTE] ...who is [sic] college decides?

In his defence, he probably attends a college in the US.