My thoughts exactly. $30,000 seems a little low for a lawyer. Also there isn't really enough proof that they are really being sued to satisfy me.
It will be interesting to see how this thing plays out. My bets are that they keep the money though.
That is an interesting concept I was thinking about. If you are connected in the torrent that means you are sending out the file, but only bits and pieces of it. Would it be illegal to send the equivilant of 30 seconds of an audio file? I guess the point could be argued that you were offering the whole file, and so that counts as a copyright infringement. At least, that's how our buddies at the RIAA/MPAA will argue it.
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My thoughts exactly. $30,000 seems a little low for a lawyer. Also there isn't really enough proof that they are really being sued to satisfy me. It will be interesting to see how this thing plays out. My bets are that they keep the money though.
That is an interesting concept I was thinking about. If you are connected in the torrent that means you are sending out the file, but only bits and pieces of it. Would it be illegal to send the equivilant of 30 seconds of an audio file? I guess the point could be argued that you were offering the whole file, and so that counts as a copyright infringement. At least, that's how our buddies at the RIAA/MPAA will argue it.
While that idea is kind of juvenile, it would be funny to hear it mentioned on the news.
Been doing that for quite awhile. In fact, it's why I bought my DVD burner. Very efficient way to copy movies. Highly reccomended.