http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3073701.stmMusic piracy probe stepped up
Hundreds of individuals are being targeted for copyright violation
US record industry officials have sent subpoenas to internet service providers as they step up a promised crackdown on web music piracy.
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is preparing to sue hundreds of individuals who illegally distribute songs online.
The RIAA, which represents the major record labels, announced last month it would pursue individual users following a court ruling making it easier to track down copyright violators.
It plans to file several hundred lawsuits over the summer - sharply escalating the industry's battle against online piracy.
While we support the right of them to enforce copyrights, we think this is the wrong method for doing so
David Blumenthal, Earthlink ISP
Internet service provider Earthlink said it had received three subpoenas since the RIAA pledged to track file-swapping sites such as Kazaa for heavy users.
Earthlink spokesman David Blumenthal said the company would go along with the order to identify individuals.
But he said: "We disagree with the method that is being used here and while we support the right of them to enforce copyrights, we think this is the wrong method for doing so.
"We're urging the RIAA and other copyright holders to find a less intrusive method for protecting their intellectual property."
The RIAA plans to use software robots to search for copyright violations, as well as sending warnings to universities and businesses demanding they remove illegal material.
It has already been disrupting the file-sharing networks with fake files of its own which contain white noise.
― Gareth Davis, Thursday, 17 July 2003 17:18 (twenty-two years ago)
If file sharing is outlawed, only outlaws will share files.
― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Thursday, 17 July 2003 17:39 (twenty-two years ago)
do people share files on password protected friendster type networks? i'll be safe until RIAA comes up with a software robot that can convince one of my friends he knows who alan vega is.
dzero.
― dzero., Thursday, 17 July 2003 19:08 (twenty-two years ago)
even better, the fully paid-for and 0wn3d congressmen conyers and berman have submitted a bill that would make it a
felony to swap files and provide for years of jail time for evil, evil criminals who do it. because there's just tons of room left in our prisons and not enough people are being caught with half a joint in their pocket.
actual quote:
In a series of hearings on Capitol Hill last spring, lawmakers condemned online song swapping and expressed concern the networks could spread computer viruses, create government security risks and allow children access to pornography.
― your null fame (yournullfame), Thursday, 17 July 2003 19:18 (twenty-two years ago)
oops, already a thread about it.
― your null fame (yournullfame), Thursday, 17 July 2003 19:20 (twenty-two years ago)
I don't mean to seem real paranoid here, but should those of us (I asuume many on here) with huge mp3 collections (10,000+ files) be worried about this.
The majority of my sharing is live bootlegs and hard to get stuff and new music I fancy trying before I buy. If they go for the big dogs will it be people like us?
Although, I'll be a student in the next couple of years. Maybe if they sue me, they'll just make me bankrupt thus clearing all my unpayable student loans. Hmm...
― TomB (TomB), Thursday, 17 July 2003 19:53 (twenty-two years ago)
i don't think you can drag student loans into bankruptcy. you're just fucked.
― lolita corpus (lolitacorpus), Thursday, 17 July 2003 23:51 (twenty-two years ago)