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RIAA Says P2P Encourages Illegal Downloads
stlhawkeye writes "The RIAA is at it again, attacking inconvenient technology because it can be abused. They have sent another round of letters to P2P services, asking them to stop "encouraging users" to illegally distribute copyrighted material. eDonkey, LimeWire, and Kazaa are all on the RIAA's hit list, along with 2Hub, BitTorrent, WinMX and Free Peers, maker of file-swapping software BearShare. One wonders how they intend to attack BitTorrent, which can be and is used in legitimate mass distribution efforts of legal material, such as World of Warcraft patches. Are FTP and /usr/sbin/scp next?"
http://www.limewire.com/english/content/answerno.s html
How can the RIAA make such claims? Limewire will NOT let you buy their product if you have malicious intent.
It has something to do with the sky being blue.
It's computers that encourage illegal download. Ban them!
Counting down the days until agents come and take the . a v and i keys off my keyboard
Soon enough, the RIAA will start suing bands for making music that entices people to download it illegally.
Georeg Bush says "War in Iraq is Suceeding".
Pope says "Abortion is Wrong".
Bill Gates says "Upgrade Now!"
Steve Jobs says new product is "Available Immediately".
No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism. - Winston Churchill
How is this new? In related news, SCO is suddenly saying that the Linux kernel contains stolen code from Unix!
Like, you know, driving to your house and personally kidnapping one of your children to be donated to the "music industry", defined as "No one who actually makes music, because people who make music are idiots"
Never confuse volume with power.
RIAA Says P2P Encourages Illegal Downloads... kinda in the same way that actually producing the music encourages people to share it...
The gates in my computer are AND, OR and NOT; they are not Bill.
We are also lobbying congress to allow open season on all penguins because they promote Linux which is "Open Sores" software and that promotes P2P which promote THEFT! Fello Americans! Stop your crimes against humanity! STOP THE HURTING!
Regards,
Your RIAA
Hmm, maybe we can get rid of Windows for good:
Dear RIAA,
It has recently come to my attention that a certain program with hundreds of millions of users worldwide can be used to easily distribute copyrighted content. In fact the product as shipped from the manufacturer makes it so easy that no additional work is required on the part of the end user, they simply connect their computer to the internet and within minutes it will start to deceminate any copyrighted content it contains, and is often used by others to hold content which they do not hold a valid license for. It would disturb me greatly if you did not seek to stop this insidious program after all of the recent media attention brought to your efforts to thwart the trading of copyrighted material.
Yours truely,
A concerned citizen (please think of the clidren)
p.s.
The name of the program in question is Microsoft Windows.
There are 4 boxes to use in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, ammo. Use in that order. Starting now.
Too late, it's on their list now.
Let's just hope they never find out that we're spreading files encoded in Slashdot moderation scores. If anyone ever starts to wonder why the scores bear no relation to the comments then we're ruined.
Please advise me whether I should burn my keyboard or sever my fingers to be compliant to your worldview.
Dear consumer,
Yes.
Best Regards
RIAA
For me, it never even crossed my mind to actually download something illegally. But then Kazaa started popping up error messages left and right encouraging me to download something illegal instead. For instance, I would be downloading public domain pdf files on world peace and energy conservation, and a message box would come pop up saying something like "Paying is for suckers!", or "RIAA don't care about YOU!".
I just ignored it at first, but then it started coming in the form of threats. Such as "We are now logging your personal information. And if you continue defying my requests we will kidnap your family and tie your dog to the rail road tracks with a collar made of dynamite." I even tried other file sharing programs, but they all did the same. It was just threat after threat after threat. Eventually, I had to change my identity and move to another state. Since then, i've had nightmares constantly, and am too afraid to use my computer.
I, for one, am excited that someone is finally standing up to these criminals. The RIAA is a great organization, one that really cares about my privacy and safety. And truely I hope they finally put an end to this conspiracy, once and for all. Because our precious freedom is at stake here.
RIAA: "We understand that your organization: DARPA is responsible for TCP/IP - software used for copyright infringement. We demand you respond to our staff attorney immediately."
DARPA: "Sure thing, what's your longitude, latitude, and elevation?"
[Insert pithy quote here]
great now I am going to pirate stuff AND kill myself. Thanks a lot!
Let's just hope they never find out that we're spreading files encoded in Slashdot moderation scores.
I've always wondered (very half-heartedly) if GNAA-style trolls were encrypted communications.