Ways the RIAA can cacth you downloading music

SiMi · September 28, 2003, 10:47 PM

What are some ways the RIAA can cacth you downloading music?
Can they cacth you downloading music on kazaa lite?
Can they cacth you downloading music on internet web pages?
Is there something that can hide your ip from the RIAA so they wont cacth you?

MrRaza · September 28, 2003, 11:05 PM

They way I believe the RIAA does it is by searching for random users and downloading music files off of there computer, then logging the username and ip. By doing this, the user has successfully "shared" music, illegally. Thus, having done this, RIAA can now sue the user.

Grok · September 28, 2003, 11:12 PM

Sounds more like the user can sue the RIAA for hacking and unlawful breaking and entry into their computer systems, theft of copyrighted material, and so forth.

MrRaza · September 28, 2003, 11:16 PM

Justice will prevail, right?

SiMi · September 28, 2003, 11:24 PM

Quote from: Grok on September 28, 2003, 11:12 PM
Sounds more like the user can sue the RIAA for hacking and unlawful breaking and entry into their computer systems, theft of copyrighted material, and so forth.

Well not all of the time, lets say they are downloading our music from Kazaa (which is a P2P network). Then again the makers of Kazaa can sue the RIAA (I hope).

Banana fanna fo fanna · September 29, 2003, 02:01 PM

They can and they are.

Basically they search for files and record everyone's IP who reports the result back to them.

iago · September 29, 2003, 04:23 PM

Do what I do.. disable sharing and move to Canada! .. though, one or the other should work

Just don't let word of that get out

Soul Taker · September 29, 2003, 05:05 PM

What, that you live in Canada? =P

iago · September 29, 2003, 05:35 PM

No, the part about not sharing

Arki · October 01, 2003, 05:55 PM

QuoteWell not all of the time, lets say they are downloading our music from Kazaa (which is a P2P network). Then again the makers of Kazaa can sue the RIAA (I hope).

http://forum.valhallalegends.com/phpbbs/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=2835

Hazard · October 01, 2003, 06:19 PM

I believe the RIAA has a crystal ball they use to crack down on media pirates. The Onion supports my theory.

Yoni · October 03, 2003, 11:28 AM

Quote from: Grok on September 28, 2003, 11:12 PM
Sounds more like the user can sue the RIAA for hacking and unlawful breaking and entry into their computer systems, theft of copyrighted material, and so forth.

No, noone can sue the RIAA. They're godly.

Hitmen · October 03, 2003, 01:55 PM

Quote from: Yoni on October 03, 2003, 11:28 AM
Quote from: Grok on September 28, 2003, 11:12 PM
Sounds more like the user can sue the RIAA for hacking and unlawful breaking and entry into their computer systems, theft of copyrighted material, and so forth.
No, noone can sue the RIAA. They're godly.

I don't see how the RIAA taking files you have specificly set aside to be shared is theft or unlawful breaking and entering. And they're stealing from who? Themselves? Last time I checked that's not illegal $:-\$

iago · October 03, 2003, 03:35 PM

Quote from: Hitmen on October 03, 2003, 01:55 PM
Quote from: Yoni on October 03, 2003, 11:28 AM
Quote from: Grok on September 28, 2003, 11:12 PM
Sounds more like the user can sue the RIAA for hacking and unlawful breaking and entry into their computer systems, theft of copyrighted material, and so forth.
No, noone can sue the RIAA. They're godly.
I don't see how the RIAA taking files you have specificly set aside to be shared is theft or unlawful breaking and entering. And they're stealing from who? Themselves? Last time I checked that's not illegal $:-\$

Read the article that was linked there.. that's not what they're suing for at all.

Hitmen · October 03, 2003, 03:55 PM

I was replying to what Grok/Yoni said. That article has nothing to do with what they or what I said.

Ways the RIAA can cacth you downloading music

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