MIT may very well be involved in corn and AIDS cures.
They have all kinds of research going on there.
I toured the Whitehead Institute when I applied for a job there. The job involved hundreds of tanks of Zebra Danios. They have have large ( relatively speaking ) eggs and are very prolific. This makes them ideal for genetics research.
If they have hit upon something possibly helpful to a third world country, why not run with it? They just haven't come up with anything useful in the corn department yet.
I may be a little thick as well but...
It is my understanding that some of these digital fingerprints are generated just by the act of transfering files via P2P.
So I don't think the RIAA has to make their own MP3s and put them out there as that could be seen as entrapment.
Jeez, look at score for my original post. I have been labeled as a TROLL. That's a shame, I just thought I could shed some light on what is clearly misunderstood. Ok. I quit.
Well....that's not very constructive.
Why do you think it's dumb? Got any ideas about a defense?
BTW I meant wireless NETWORK defense, just in case you think it's dumb because it was misspelled.
Heh.
Huh? A xeroxed copy of a VCR is worthless and cannot be used for anything so no one would care if you distribute it. So I think that analogy is kinda off. If you bought a VCR took it apart, made a PDF file with exact copies of the PCB boards and electronics and distributed that for anyone to manufacture the company that designed and built that VCR could sue you.
In the case of MP3s, just having a file that they can prove came from P2P is illegal, even if you own the CD. You have the right to backup that CD, but not to download it from some other very dubious source.
Yes.... they can prove it. Again...they are sneaky digital fingerprints in these files. You can say "no there aren't" all you want but they are there. It is a fact. The RIAA downloaded it from you.... you downloaded from someone else and made it available to ANYONE. They can prove this. It is illegal and there is no wiggle room at all. They have big bucks for lawyers and tech gurus to make sure they have you dead to rights. The main point to my post had nothing to do with "what can they prove". I gave a defense strategy that seemed promising. The wireless netowk defense.
Sure you may have a right to that MP3, BUT they downloaded a copy from you! You didn't check to see if they had the right did you? So you broke the law.
Here is more on the digital fingerprint idea.
The digital fingerprints of each file can be use to identify a pirated song or movie.
The industries use a collection of digital fingerprints (hashes) that uniquely identify copyrighted files traded over file sharing services.
The RIAA or MPAA compares the hash of a music file on the infringer's computer to those in its collection to determine whether the file originated from a CD or DVD or a file-sharing service
http://www.unc.edu/courses/2005spring/law/357c/001 /projects/getz/individual%20liability.htm
Of course they downloaded it from you. Why would that not be legal?
They own they rights to the music.
Say you are robbed and they steal your VCR. Two weeks later you see a pile of stuff with a free sign on your neighbors porch. It is not illegal for you to take it..... then you realise it is YOUR VCR. You can prove your neighbor put it out there. He is guilty of possesion of stolen property.
They have downloaded one or many files (or even just a partial) from your computer.
Of course it is legal for them to download. They OWN the music, see?
Now that they have a file from you, they analyze it. There is digital information in the file that proves that it has been transfered over the internet and how many times.
So....... you got it from the internet and you made it available through the internet to anyone who wanted it, and THEY CAN PROVE IT. That's it,you're done.
I have an idea about how to combat this RIAA inquisition. Feel free to tell me I'm nuts, or critique my idea-
The second you get a notice that you are being sued........ run out and buy a wireless router.
Go to court and say " I personally didn't download OR upload anything illegal AND nobody in my houshold used my computer to do so either. Someone must have snuck onto my network. 90 % of all wireless home networks are not secure so I am not criminally negligent AND I am inocent of copyright infringement"
TADA !!!!!
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MIT may very well be involved in corn and AIDS cures.
They have all kinds of research going on there.
I toured the Whitehead Institute when I applied for a job there. The job involved hundreds of tanks of Zebra Danios. They have have large ( relatively speaking ) eggs and are very prolific. This makes them ideal for genetics research.
If they have hit upon something possibly helpful to a third world country, why not run with it?
They just haven't come up with anything useful in the corn department yet.
I may be a little thick as well but... It is my understanding that some of these digital fingerprints are generated just by the act of transfering files via P2P. So I don't think the RIAA has to make their own MP3s and put them out there as that could be seen as entrapment. Jeez, look at score for my original post. I have been labeled as a TROLL. That's a shame, I just thought I could shed some light on what is clearly misunderstood. Ok. I quit.
Well....that's not very constructive. Why do you think it's dumb? Got any ideas about a defense? BTW I meant wireless NETWORK defense, just in case you think it's dumb because it was misspelled. Heh.
Huh?
A xeroxed copy of a VCR is worthless and cannot be used for anything so no one would care if you distribute it.
So I think that analogy is kinda off.
If you bought a VCR took it apart, made a PDF file with exact copies of the PCB boards and electronics and distributed that for anyone to manufacture the company that designed and built that VCR could sue you.
In the case of MP3s, just having a file that they can prove came from P2P is illegal, even if you own the CD. You have the right to backup that CD, but not to download it from some other very dubious source.
Yes.... they can prove it.
Again...they are sneaky digital fingerprints in these files.
You can say "no there aren't" all you want but they are there. It is a fact.
The RIAA downloaded it from you.... you downloaded from someone else and made it available to ANYONE.
They can prove this. It is illegal and there is no wiggle room at all.
They have big bucks for lawyers and tech gurus to make sure they have you dead to rights.
The main point to my post had nothing to do with "what can they prove".
I gave a defense strategy that seemed promising. The wireless netowk defense.
Sure you may have a right to that MP3, BUT they downloaded a copy from you! You didn't check to see if they had the right did you? So you broke the law. Here is more on the digital fingerprint idea. The digital fingerprints of each file can be use to identify a pirated song or movie. The industries use a collection of digital fingerprints (hashes) that uniquely identify copyrighted files traded over file sharing services. The RIAA or MPAA compares the hash of a music file on the infringer's computer to those in its collection to determine whether the file originated from a CD or DVD or a file-sharing service http://www.unc.edu/courses/2005spring/law/357c/001 /projects/getz/individual%20liability.htm
Of course they downloaded it from you. Why would that not be legal? They own they rights to the music. Say you are robbed and they steal your VCR. Two weeks later you see a pile of stuff with a free sign on your neighbors porch. It is not illegal for you to take it..... then you realise it is YOUR VCR. You can prove your neighbor put it out there. He is guilty of possesion of stolen property.
They have downloaded one or many files (or even just a partial) from your computer. Of course it is legal for them to download. They OWN the music, see? Now that they have a file from you, they analyze it. There is digital information in the file that proves that it has been transfered over the internet and how many times. So....... you got it from the internet and you made it available through the internet to anyone who wanted it, and THEY CAN PROVE IT. That's it,you're done. I have an idea about how to combat this RIAA inquisition. Feel free to tell me I'm nuts, or critique my idea- The second you get a notice that you are being sued........ run out and buy a wireless router. Go to court and say " I personally didn't download OR upload anything illegal AND nobody in my houshold used my computer to do so either. Someone must have snuck onto my network. 90 % of all wireless home networks are not secure so I am not criminally negligent AND I am inocent of copyright infringement" TADA !!!!!