Napsterclonage...soon to officially become a Felony!?

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AAAAAARGH!
Ye GODS! Has it truly come to THIS!
and, no, it is not a hoax. Details Here
And, of course, Slashdot is already yammering about it

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Thursday, 17 July 2003 14:35 (twenty-two years ago)

aw christ, not again.

and i voted for this fuck, too. jesus.

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Thursday, 17 July 2003 15:16 (twenty-two years ago)

So... uploading means danger of a big fine and 5 yeasr in jail? Thank goodness I only download. I'm sure that's fine, right? ;)

― Scaredy Cat, Thursday, 17 July 2003 15:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Note the words "a new bill has been proposed in Congress" as opposed to "the black helicopters are already landing and the SWAT troops are arresting us as we speak."

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 17 July 2003 15:48 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah, there's no way it's gonna pass. that'd mean telling at least half the nation that they should be in jail. senators don't like to piss off too many constituents at once. at least, most don't.

― Felcher (Felcher), Thursday, 17 July 2003 15:50 (twenty-two years ago)

I copy all my MP3s into a separate folder so ppl can't download them

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Thursday, 17 July 2003 15:55 (twenty-two years ago)

As somebody mentioned on /., this is likely the "evil" version of the bill which will likely be rejected outright thanx to lots of huffing and puffing, thereby paving the way for the inevitable passage of the "nicer" version of the bill.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Thursday, 17 July 2003 15:59 (twenty-two years ago)

See if that album you want to buy is part of the evil empire: RIAA Radar.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Thursday, 17 July 2003 16:02 (twenty-two years ago)

huh. Sanctuary Records is RIAA. Damn.

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Thursday, 17 July 2003 16:28 (twenty-two years ago)

What do people think about this strategy of going after uploading rather than downloading? What is the motivation for the RIAA to take this approach? Is it easier to catch people uploading than downloading? Or do they think it's easier to scare people into turning off their uploads than it would be to stop them from downloading?

After all, turning off uploads seems harmless enough in the short term - you still get to download whatever you want, you just don't share it with anyone else. But eventually, if enough people turn off uploads, the pool of available music will dry up, downloading something you want will become more difficult, and eventually people will become frustrated and stop using P2P. Is this really going to work, or will people see what's happening and decide to take their chances and turn uploads back on again?

― o. nate (onate), Thursday, 17 July 2003 16:32 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah, there's no way it's gonna pass.
Well, the same was said of the DMCA.

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Thursday, 17 July 2003 17:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Besides, the "half the nation" being criminalized is largely non-voters. Right?

― dlp, Thursday, 17 July 2003 17:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Note the words "a new bill has been proposed in Congress" as opposed to "the black helicopters are already landing and the SWAT troops are arresting us as we speak."
Well, Ned...if you partake in the right conciousness-altering chemicals, the whup-whup-whup of the Black Helicopters rotors becomes clearly audible.
< /PARANOIA>

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Thursday, 17 July 2003 17:55 (twenty-two years ago)

I copy all my MP3s into a separate folder so ppl can't download them

You leach! What about all those Toto/Journey/Triumph .Mp3s you promised me!

You PROMISED ME!!!! ararkadhkahew32875648735348q78y%@#$%342tfGDF

― fields of salmon (fieldsofsalmon), Thursday, 17 July 2003 19:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Swap him a CDR. Thats how I've been keeping of the RIAA's radar.

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Thursday, 17 July 2003 23:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Ahhhhh. Curiouser and Curiouser....
Here's why the RIAA might be a bit more desperate than usual:
EMI and Sony Lose Lawsuit Over Crippled Music Disks
and this is some light at the end of the tunnel (for Napstercloners): Kazaa Derivatives Offer RIAA-Blocking Features
Now if only SoulSeek, WinMX and Shareza were to add this functionality to the next version of their programs....

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Friday, 18 July 2003 00:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Is Soulseek *not* anonymous? Doesn't the fact that there's a non-U.S. central server make tracing a file back to the IP that's sharing it more or less impossible?

― flightsatdusk (flightsatdusk), Friday, 18 July 2003 02:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Number of Toto MP3s currently in my folder: 0
Number of Journey MP3s currently in my folder: 1
Number of Triumph MP3s currently in my folder: 0

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Friday, 18 July 2003 02:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Is Soulseek *not* anonymous? Doesn't the fact that there's a non-U.S. central server make tracing a file back to the IP that's sharing it more or less impossible?
Well, the RIAA keeps pushing bills into the legislature that would allow them to "legally hack"; I suspect that packet sniffing, or even worse: honeypots and traces, have been their hobbies for at least two years now.

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Friday, 18 July 2003 11:23 (twenty-two years ago)

that's the fun of the current efforts -- they're trying to lobby for legislation that allows them to violate the previous legislation they spent so much money lobbying for five years earlier.

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Friday, 18 July 2003 12:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Grrrr.

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Sunday, 20 July 2003 01:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Subpoenas reviewed by The Associated Press show the industry compelling some of the largest Internet providers, such as Verizon Communications Inc. and Comcast Cable Communications Inc., and some universities to identify names and mailing addresses for users on their networks known online by nicknames such as "fox3j," "soccerdog33," "clover77" or "indepunk74."

Game's up, Sterling!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 20 July 2003 01:26 (twenty-two years ago)

and is fox3j 'the Pinefox'?

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Sunday, 20 July 2003 01:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Well yeah.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 20 July 2003 01:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Number of Toto MP3s currently in my folder: 0
Number of Journey MP3s currently in my folder: 1
Number of Triumph MP3s currently in my folder: 0

Ha ha, oops! I just picked three bad bands (to me) off the top of my head for a joke. Which Journey .mp3 do you have?

― fields of salmon (fieldsofsalmon), Sunday, 20 July 2003 02:00 (twenty-two years ago)

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