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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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