http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/ Engadget Comments for Know Your Rights: What to do when the RIAA comes calling http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/Aug 31st 2007 7:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/
The RIAA would have better luck suing Apple for their iPods. Guess how many people have them? Getting one implies that you need to have illegal music.

iPOD + iTUNES = iLLEGAL DOWNLOADING]]>Sep 1st 2007 4:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/
4GB= 1,000 songs x $0.99 = $990

Now I always take 2,152 of my fav songs with me, EVERYWHERE. (And movies too!)

2152 x $0.99 = $2,130.48

*note sarcasm*]]>Sep 1st 2007 5:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/
My best advice is to live in Russia. LOL]]>Sep 1st 2007 8:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/
And it seems to imply that only people who share are sued. I don't share, but I download a boat load of MP3s weekly. Do you think I would get pwnt by the RIAA?]]>Aug 31st 2007 7:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/Aug 31st 2007 8:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/
Get the fuck out.]]>Aug 31st 2007 8:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/Aug 31st 2007 8:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/
He is not giving, only taking. Doesn't matter how.]]>Aug 31st 2007 8:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/
I would also guess that suing someone who just downloaded music would earn them penalties that aren't so stiff as for someone who was uploading, but that I'm not sure of.

So, can they sue you for downloading? Absolutely. Will they? The odds are against ANYONE getting sued (as the article says, 6000/9000000 or 1 out of every 1500), but given the extra difficulties, it's a good bit less likely for a downloader to get hit than a seeder.

Keep in mind this mainly applies to music; movies are rather different due to their size and the fact that the MPAA and not the RIAA is after you.]]>Aug 31st 2007 8:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/Aug 31st 2007 8:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/
As such they go mostly after people who share, I assume they might be able to collect their $750 per song per downloader which means that someone sharing just a few songs might have downloads might have thousands of downloader’s a song, thus letting the RIAA claim 'millions'.

(I'm not totally sure on the first part, but it think that’s the jest; the second is just a guess.)]]>Aug 31st 2007 11:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/
Get out, we know you've been sued. =)]]>Aug 31st 2007 8:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/
"Leech = someone who takes but does not give.

He is not giving, only taking. Doesn't matter how."

..


Well, go on and seed then, big man!

I hope you get caught by the RIAA now. *teases*

Seriously. I will download and then do my part by seeding too. But, I'm not gonna seed a file 24/7 or anything like that. That's the job of the person in charge of the original download.

I'll seed on private networks, but helping seed a popular video or album? Not likely. As I've said, I'll do my part and move on.

There's no way I'm getting in trouble all because of some unwritten "downloading" rule. Come on, FFS!]]>Sep 1st 2007 2:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/Aug 31st 2007 7:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/Open wifi is no defense. Just like ignorance is not.
In other words, you are responsible.

Signed,
Your Accomplice :P]]>Aug 31st 2007 8:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/Aug 31st 2007 9:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/Aug 31st 2007 9:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/
If I leave the door open to my house and someone comes in at night and steals my stuff, is it my fault?

No, I should have closed the door or locked my car, however, that gives no right or defense to the other person using my internet connection ]]>Sep 1st 2007 1:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/
Projecting again, are we? ;)]]>Sep 1st 2007 2:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/

Heh, why are OJ references still so damn funny?]]>Sep 5th 2007 9:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/Aug 31st 2007 8:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/09/09/music.swap.settlement/

Nobody is exempt from the wrath of the RIAA.]]>Aug 31st 2007 8:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/Aug 31st 2007 8:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/Sep 3rd 2007 12:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/
An ever-increasing number of unlicensed downloads are taking place in private homes all over the world. According to recent data, over twelve million people are simultaneously sharing 1.08 billion music, movie, and software files on the Internet at any given moment.
Imagine a person or child sitting down in front of a Television with a remote and selecting a few dozen channels or video on demand selections and finding out later that they have committed copyright infringement and are being asked to pay several hundred thousand dollars in fines. What makes this even worse is there is really no way to determine if a certain piece of content is appropriate for use, copyrighted or not, until the damage is already done.

A typical internet user does not build the internet applications, program the search engines, or manage the internet networks that they use. More could be done with these key elements of the internet to insure that standards are set that provide a higher degree of safety from copyright infringement or exposure to inappropriate content. We live in a society that requires people to wear seat belts; Why?, because they provide an additional layer of protection from unnecessary injury.

A national copyright and rating database could serve as a seat belt for the internet to protect users from injury as well. Copyrighted materiel could be registered along with an associated audience rating of the content allowing internet applications, search engines and network operators to establish national standards for digital rights management.
Now is the time for us all to work together to provide a level of protection from unnecessary injury and make the internet safe again for average citizens in their homes.
Thank you for your leadership in this important social and technological issue.]]>Oct 22nd 2007 9:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/Aug 31st 2007 8:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/Aug 31st 2007 8:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/Aug 31st 2007 8:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/Aug 31st 2007 8:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/cell phone in anonymous name
anonymous gets sued & tracked
case closed
but for real if you do the crime pay the fine]]>Aug 31st 2007 8:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/Aug 31st 2007 8:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/Aug 31st 2007 8:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/http://xkcd.com/180/]]>Aug 31st 2007 10:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/Aug 31st 2007 9:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/Aug 31st 2007 9:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/Sep 1st 2007 2:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/
/South Park
//off topic]]>Sep 1st 2007 6:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/i mean half the information is about people
saying they dint download anything.
Come on if he is getting sued he is no momma's boy.
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http://www.ilrweb.com/viewILRPDF.asp?filename=arista_does1-11_070806DeclarationJaysonStreet

His argument is downright factual, disproving completely what the RIAA's so called "experts" say.]]>Aug 31st 2007 10:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/Sep 1st 2007 2:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/31/know-your-rights-what-to-do-with-the-riaa-comes-calling/Aug 31st 2007 10:28PM