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Kirby
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| | #1 posted December 16, 2004 at 6:00pm (EST) |
Record Industry Sues 754 for Internet Song Swaps
A recording industry trade group said Thursday that it has filed another wave of lawsuits against 754 people it suspects of distributing songs over the Internet without permission.
The Recording Industry Association of America (news - web sites) has now sued more than 7,000 people for distributing its songs over "peer to peer" networks like eDonkey and Kazaa, in an effort to discourage the online song copying that it believes has cut into CD sales.
Despite more than a year of headline-grabbing lawsuits, peer-to-peer use has not declined. An average of 7.5 million users were logged on to peer-to-peer networks in November 2004, up from 4.4 million in November 2003, according to the research firm BigChampagne. The four major labels -- Vivendi Universal, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, EMI Group Plc (news - web sites) and privately held Warner Music -- have recently begun to license their songs to a new generation of online services as a way to slash distribution costs and reach out to fans.
Source: Yahoo! News
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nihon
  
 
| | #2 posted December 22, 2004 at 3:45pm (EST) |
They're all idiots. 
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Grenadier
  
| | #3 posted December 22, 2004 at 4:28pm (EST) |
The publishers or the pirates?
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ryanflucas
 
| | #4 posted December 22, 2004 at 4:41pm (EST) |
I'm surprised that RIAA hasn't gone after people posting on Usenet yet.
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LiL_Ramsey
 
| | #5 posted December 22, 2004 at 4:53pm (EST) |
i still that one commercial that says not matter how much you pressure us, we'll still keep downloading music was pretty funny. wasnt it pepsi or something?
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nihon
| | #6 posted December 22, 2004 at 5:25pm (EST) |
Grenadier wrote:
> The publishers or the pirates?
Yes.
Though in some cases, it's likely the "pirates" really aren't pirates. Since the RIAA doesn't have to have any proof when they file their claims, it's all really confusing.
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nihon
| | #7 posted December 22, 2004 at 5:26pm (EST) |
LiL_Ramsey wrote:
> i still that one commercial that says not matter how much you pressure us, we'll still
> keep downloading music was pretty funny. wasnt it pepsi or something?
I think Apple used some of those sued by the RIAA to promote their iTunes Music Store. 
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Kirby
(abandoned)
| | #8 posted December 22, 2004 at 5:30pm (EST) |
wow it took 5 days for this topic to get replies
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mackey
(frozen)
| | #9 posted December 23, 2004 at 5:59am (EST) |
Come to think of it, I don't even download music anymore.
Not because of the threat of lawsuits, but because it's too hard keeping up with the hip program of the minute. That, and the quality of the tracks is garbage under 300 kbps.
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Kirby
(abandoned)
| | #10 posted December 23, 2004 at 6:14am (EST) |
.......
yea your too cool to Download music now that everyone does it
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ryanflucas
| #11 posted December 23, 2004 at 10:30am (EST)
edited December 23, 2004 at 10:30am (EST) |
silent_mackey wrote:
> Come to think of it, I don't even download music anymore.
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> Not because of the threat of lawsuits, but because it's too hard keeping
> up with the hip program of the minute. That, and the quality of the
> tracks is garbage under 300 kbps.
Grab a newsreader program and check out Usenet. Its like a shopping mall since nobody posts just one song, but they post entire albums with product insert jpg's. I think there's a gray area when it comes to Usenet since your ISP determines what you can and can't see as they hold the subscribe to group list whereas on sharing software your ISP has no control.
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ThirdeYe
| | #12 posted December 23, 2004 at 10:32am (EST) |
Newsgroups are great.
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nihon
| | #13 posted December 23, 2004 at 12:44pm (EST) |
ryanflucas wrote:
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> Grab a newsreader program and check out Usenet. Its like a shopping mall since nobody
> posts just one song, but they post entire albums with product insert jpg's. I think there's
> a gray area when it comes to Usenet...
There's no gray area. It's 100% illegal.
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Dano
BTRs
(bad trader)
| | #14 posted December 23, 2004 at 1:52pm (EST) |
Usenet sounds... odd. |
ThirdeYe
| | #15 posted December 23, 2004 at 4:11pm (EST) |
Not all newsgroups are illegal, if that's what you're getting at.
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Kirby
(abandoned)
| #16 posted December 23, 2004 at 4:12pm (EST)
edited December 23, 2004 at 4:15pm (EST) |
ircspy
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nice news site
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ThirdeYe
| | #17 posted December 23, 2004 at 4:14pm (EST) |
I'd tell you what I use, but I don't think it's legit to post it here.
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colon
| | #18 posted December 23, 2004 at 4:37pm (EST) |
Just do it sucka
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Akira
| | #19 posted December 23, 2004 at 9:44pm (EST) |
K00L5h0w wrote:
> Just do it sucka
>
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Kirby
(abandoned)
| | #20 posted December 23, 2004 at 10:06pm (EST) |
Akira wrote:
> K00L5h0w wrote:
>> Just do it sucka
>>
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ThirdeYe
| | #21 posted December 23, 2004 at 11:04pm (EST) |
Spoiler packetnews  |
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colon
| | #22 posted December 24, 2004 at 2:50am (EST) |
I use that too biatch 
BE OBSCENE AND NOT HEARD |
ThirdeYe
| | #23 posted December 24, 2004 at 9:10am (EST) |
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BTRs
(bad trader)
| | #24 posted December 24, 2004 at 3:44pm (EST) |
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Nirvana
| | #25 posted December 24, 2004 at 4:37pm (EST) |
Kirby wrote:
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> yea your too cool to Download music now that everyone does it
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i doubt that's what he was trying to say...
or am i wrong?
Ah but there,
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nihon
| | #26 posted December 27, 2004 at 11:10pm (EST) |
ThirdeYe wrote:
> Not all newsgroups are illegal, if that's what you're getting at.
I didn't say any newsgroups were illegal. I said that posting albums was illegal.
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mackey
(frozen)
| | #27 posted December 28, 2004 at 7:55am (EST) |
Kirby wrote:
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> yea your too cool to Download music now that everyone does it
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Truly a shame you didn't leave the site, drama queen.
I didn't say anything eluding to being 'too cool' to download music. It's a waste of time.
Not for teenage punks with identity problems like yourself though, as you can download a new flavor/personality almost everyday.
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Kirby
(abandoned)
| | #28 posted January 2, 2005 at 1:23am (EST) |
sure.......
Arise Chicken!
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ThirdeYe
| | #29 posted January 2, 2005 at 12:51pm (EST) |
silent_mackey wrote:
> Kirby wrote:
>> .......
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>> yea your too cool to Download music now that everyone does it
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> Truly a shame you didn't leave the site, drama queen.
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> I didn't say anything eluding to being 'too cool' to download music.
> It's a waste of time.
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> Not for teenage punks with identity problems like yourself though,
> as you can download a new flavor/personality almost everyday.
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>
Once in a while i'll download a complete cd, and if I like it, i'll buy it. If I don't, i'll delete it. It's the ethical thing to do, but yet watch me get sued.
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