RIAA Says P2P Encourages Illegal Downloads

Posted by Zonk on Friday September 16, 2005 @07:47AM from the i-heard-IT-departments-also-encourage-bad-security dept.

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?"

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Re:The Ultimate Troll by Thomas+Miconi · 2005-09-16 11:20 · Score: 0, Troll

Let me show you your own quote:

terrorism, n.
The unlawful use or threatened use of force

You think this letter is illegal ? Sue them. You don't ? STFU. And please stop making a dick of yourself by equating your situation (a spoilt brat who want to get his music/software/pr0n for free) with that of ordinary Iraqis, Israelis and Colombians.

My stomach thanks you.

Thomas-