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RIAA Cracks Down on Internet2 File Sharing

Posted by Zonk on from the looking-for-love-in-all-the-wrong-places dept.

Daverd writes "Hundreds of students at 18 universities nation-wide have had lawsuits filed against them by the RIAA for filesharing over Internet2." The official RIAA Press Release and commentary at MSNBC is also available. From the article: "i2Hub has been seen as a safe haven, and what we wanted to do was puncture that misconception," said Cary Sherman, president of the RIAA. "This has been a subversion of the research purposes for which Internet2 was developed."

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  1. That's too bad... by lasmith05 · · Score: 0, Troll

    And the pr0n was flowing so good too. I wonder who narc'd everyone out?

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  2. Re:Boycott RIAA Members... by member57 · · Score: 1, Troll

    I have boycotted ALL music purchase, If I can't listen to it on the radio, it doesn't get listened to in my house. Screw the RIAA! They have lost a customer for LIFE, I haven't purchased a CD in three years, and counting.

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  3. Re:Well... by JaxGator75 · · Score: 0, Troll
    The Government DOES have "Police Powers" and crime is rampant. My perception of the herd is that respect for The Law is at an all-time low (keeping in mind is was born in 1975, and cannot comment on the 60s). It's funny to me that the **AA(s) feel that they can succeed where the Federal Government cannot. If they DO win out, put them in charge of the War on (Americans with) Drugs!

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  4. Re:Queue.insert(this); by ChuckSchwab · · Score: 0, Troll

    No, I think he said it quite correctly. The "they" refers to the students. "We all hate the *AA's BUT [i.e., despite our dislike of them they were in the right] the students were breaking the law, and bastardizing a research network." Actually, I don't think that clarified it any.

  5. RE:Wait a sec... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    How did they gain access to i2 anyways? I thought it was for educational use, and not for commercial use. Those bastards.

    So it is OK to steal music (or anything else) when through resources primarly set up for education? Or are you implying that it's OK to steal if they can't catch you?

    You people are just unbelievable. Every single news story on RIAA catching someone stealing shit, you find yet ANOTHER excuse we they (RIAA) shouldn't/can't do this.

    Is it that hard to understand? Some people make something and they let you have it under their conditions for a price. If you don't have the money to buy it go away!

    How would you people feel if I would take Open Office (for example) and rewrite a part of it, so it could read/write .doc files with 100% relliability and then distribute that binary to all of my employees (say, 2000 workers). But I wouldn't provide the source.

    I think this is a good example to compare against stealing music. Both products (be it music or an application) allow you to use it under their conditions.

    Let me just say that I am not an anti-warez evangellist. I download warez and music myself (I have my reasons), but don't whine how they can't do shit to you, because of this and that. Be responsible for your actions god damnit. I am well aware of what follows if I get caught and if I do you won't see me whinning here about how evil they are.