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RIAA Sues Nearly 500 New Swappers

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the this-is-never-going-to-end dept.

Digitus1337 writes "Wired has the story. " U.S. music industry group says it has sued 493 more people for copyright infringement as part of its campaign to stop consumers from copying music over the Internet. The Recording Industry Association of America has now sued nearly 3,000 individuals since last September in an attempt to discourage people from copying songs through peer-to-peer networks like Kazaa and LimeWire." "

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  1. I am being sued by the RIAA! THE FUCKERS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I am currently fighting a suit from the RIAA. I had 10 MP3's on my computer. I have about 100 PGPed files they want me to unencrypt but I refuse. My lawyer says I have a good case. Rather than bore you with the details, check them out on my clans website here

  2. YeeeHAW by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Does anyone buy cds anymore? Music is such crap these days that I can't see anyone buying music like they used to. The RIAA is toast, just a matter of time.

    In other news, OHMIIGAWD who do you think is going to be the next americon idol?? I just couldn't BELIEVE when Latoya got voted off!! I mean, what are you people thinking??

  3. MOD DOWN! by whizkid042 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    This is not a link to a description of his battle against the RIAA. This is a link to some strange war/battle/game thing. Don't clik on the link.

  4. Re:I wonder... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm an oak man myself...

  5. Re:DC++ by julesh · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No adware in LimeWire, either, if you know what you're doing with it.

    I prefer shareaza though -- the user interface is much nicer and it has some useful features that limewire lacks.

  6. Just in: RIAA to sue gas companies... by FerretFrottage · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    RIAA claims that higher gas prices are resulting in lower CD/album sales. As a a result, the RIAA has targetted gas stations which allow car owner to upload fuel. They claim that forcing the drivers to pay >$2.00 a gallon is stealing from music artists which they, the RIAA, serve to protect.

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  7. DC++ vs. Direct Connect by Doc+Squidly · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I've notice that a lot of hubs running Direct Connect auto-kick DC++ users.

    Don't know if this is due to the hub Admin or the program itself.

    Still, Direct Connect/DC++ kicks ass.

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  8. Re:DC++ - Get 'Raza by Whizzmo2 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Shareaza is my poison of choice.

    Shareaza=Gnutella2 + Gnutella1 + BitTorrent + EDonkey2000.
    Good Times.