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Sharebeast, the Largest US-based Filesharing Service, Has Its Domain Seized

Posted by samzenpus on from the mine-now-I-take-it dept.

An anonymous reader writes: The RIAA says that the FBI has seized the domain of file-sharing service ShareBeast, shutting down what it said was responsible for the leaks of thousands of songs. The site now only displays a notice saying the FBI acted "pursuant to a seizure warrant related to suspect criminal copyright infringement." In a statement, RIAA CEO Cary Sherman called the seizure "a huge win for the music community and legitimate music services. ShareBeast operated with flagrant disregard for the rights of artists and labels while undermining the legal marketplace."

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  1. What is "the music community"? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    More people over more time have shared music than tried to restrict it.

    And record labels have had "flagrant disregard" for the natural rights of musicians for quite some time now.

    If you're an artist and you want money, set up concerts. If you want more money, ask for people to pay directly to your bank account, or via a credit/debit card processor. No record label nor RIAA has anything to do with improving the music community.

  2. In the USA? Seriously? by myowntrueself · · Score: 5, Insightful

    wtf were they thinking?

    USA is probably the worst place to operate something like this.

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    In the free world the media isn't government run; the government is media run.
  3. Whatever Happened to Rule of Law? by K.+S.+Van+Horn · · Score: 5, Insightful

    In a society in which rule of law held sway, it would not be possible for the FBI or any other governmental agency to simply seize a domain; Sharebeast would have to first be convicted of having broken a law that specified seizure of the domain as a possible penalty, or the RIAA would have to win some sort of civil suit against Sharebeast first.

  4. Re:More BS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Many believe "military action is in order". I hope not, but I hear people say hings like that all the time.

    Sure, and there are people out there who would like to return the United States to life in the 1950's, except without 'negroes' and no voting rights for women. They're the ones who need to be stamped out, not the rest of us. Luckily humans have a finite lifespan, and the 'great white male' is slowly but surely dying out.

    racist