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Last.fm User Data Was Sent To RIAA By CBS
suraj.sun sends in an update from TechCrunch on a story that generated a lot of controversy a few months back, "Did Last.fm Just Hand Over User Listening Data To the RIAA?" "Now we've located another source for the story, someone who's very close to Last.fm. And it turns out Last.fm was telling the truth, sorta... Last.fm didn't hand user data over to the RIAA. According to our source, it was their parent company, CBS, that did it. Here's what we believe happened: CBS requested user data from Last.fm, including user name and IP address. CBS wanted the data to comply with a RIAA request but told Last.fm the data was going to be used for 'internal use only.' It was only after the data was sent to CBS that Last.fm discovered the real reason for the request. Last.fm staffers were outraged, say our sources, but the data had already been sent to the RIAA. We believe CBS lied to us when they denied sending the data to the RIAA, and that they subsequently asked us to attribute the quote to Last.fm to make the statement defensible. Last.fm's denials were strictly speaking correct, but they ignored the underlying truth of the situation, that their parent company supplied user data to the RIAA, and that the data could possibly be used in civil and criminal actions against those users."
> I use the service, and will continue to. So in other words nothing anyone says on slashdot or anywhere else will change your behavior. Your lack of ability to learn and show heuristic behavior is your weakness and reflects poorly on whatever animal you are. Man is a higher species. >I, like most other users, You're not like most users [of the Net]. Most people are human and capable of learning. You've already indicated you're immune to learning. > publicly let anyone see what I listen to. Your exhibitionism isn't shared by others. What you listen to may not be private in your opinion, but you're the only one who thinks so. > In fact, In fact, that's how one starts an attempt to justify a non-fact. In fact, here's your made-up "factoid": >that's the main functionality of the service as far as I am concerned Oh, it's not a fact! It's just your concern. Awesome. >(that and the recommendations). I find Last.fm very useful, and hey, it's free. I find your comments not useful, and hey, that explains your comments. After all, who cares about rights when it's free. Woo. Hoo. >Also, this information was supposedly leaked by people in Last.fm themselves - if so, I get the feeling they feel empowered against CBS from all this; they probably won't let CBS break contracts like this again. CBS has egg on their face. Let me paraphrase: "Also, blah blah supposedly blah blah IF SO blah blah I GET blah blah BFEELING blah blah PROBABLY blah blah." > While I'm uncomfortable with my IP address given out, While you're uncomfortable? Who cares when you're uncomfortable. Who cares whether you are uncomfortable or not. It's a problem. It's a 24x7 problem. Your comfort with giving out your pussy IP address is not of concern. >I don't consider it the biggest breach of confidentiality; Your opinion is meritless. >IP addresses should not be considered a secret. Your suggestion is of no merit. >I visit 100s of sites, and they all know my IP. I use bit torrent, where 100s of other people know my IP. Anyway, the RIAA cannot use my IP to incriminate me, because the tags my scrobbler send to them are not proof that I listened to that music because plenty of music is mistagged. You're an idiot. You visit 100s of sites. You should surf the web more They know your IP. That's because you're an idiot. You use bittorrent (one word, idiot). More of a reason to encrypt. 100s of other people know your IP. That's because you're an idiot. The RIAA _CAN_ use your IP; see current pending cases. Plenty of music is mistagged -- the burden of proof shifts, and you're an idiot. >I realize people here may not care for my disregard for my privacy online, but I'd counter that you are insane if you think you actually have privacy on free online sites. I started to reply to you, and then realized It's not that I'm insane, it's that you're an idiot. Good luck in your universe, so long from ours, E
Personally I think with a nick like that you should go kill yourself quickly.
E ...idiot...
P.S. Formatted it so you wouldn't need a brain to read it. Hope that worked for you,