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RIAA offers amnesty for music pirates.
Laukev7:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030905/ap_on_hi_te/downloading_music
How generous of them! It couldn't be because they can't actually sue millions of downloaders, could it? :rolleyes:
billy_gates:
quote:Originally posted by Laukev7: Defender of Canada:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030905/ap_on_hi_te/downloading_music
How generous of them! It couldn't be because they can't actually sue millions of downloaders, could it? :rolleyes:
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ummm... sounds like a good deal to me. And yes... I think they would be allowed to sue people that steal from them.
Laukev7:
quote: I think they would be allowed to sue people that steal from them.
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I didn't say anything about them being allowed to sue them or not. What I'm saying here is that it shows that they make empty threats.
suselinux:
Yah what did they say it would take like 200 years to file every subpoena needed to sue all downloaders
mobrien_12:
quote:Originally posted by jeffberg: Mac Capitalist:
ummm... sounds like a good deal to me. And yes... I think they would be allowed to sue people that steal from them.
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It's not "stealing." Stealing is a different crime. It's copyright violation. People need to get this straight.
I never used Kazaa or napster or morpheous, and if I find a p2p program on a machine that I'm responsible for, it gets wiped immediately, so this doesn't make much of a difference to me one way or the other.
But the tactics of the RIAA, MPAA, and BSA disturb me. This "amnesty" smells like a trap. Why does someone have to send them a notarized doucument and a photo ID copy??? Why doesn't an infringer just have to wipe the files and uninstall whatever tool he/she used?
And ironically, although RIAAs threats and lawsuits and subpoenas are reducing downloads, CD sales are still decreasing (see slashdot story).
[ September 05, 2003: Message edited by: M. O'Brien ]
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