Hannibal

SERVE......RETURN!
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp..._internet_dc_4

Think you're playing with the kids around the corner?

nodeerforamonth

I agree with you 100%! Why rip off the composers of whose music you love?

If the artists I loved put out a ton of live albums (as much as Pearl Jam does; too bad I don't like Pearl Jam), I'd buy them all, but they don't, so I download or trade for the live shows.

I will download a song or two to check out a band that I've read about. I'll buy the disk if I like it. Napster made me buy a TON of CDs that I normally would not have (and also turned me off from buying a few crappy CDs).

mikenyc

Does ANYONE know, ANYONE, served with a subpeona ????

Jackskeleton

nope.

Jackskeleton

new info...

ISPs on Alert


Here's a list of which ISPs and other service providers have received subpoenas from the RIAA, and how many subpoenas each provider has received. Numbers come from a review of the first 257 RIAA subpoenas put online (of a total of at least 911 filed so far) by the US District Court in Washington, DC.


Comcast Cable Communications (87)

SBC (60)

Time Warner Cable (32)

Charter Cable (22)

Verizon Internet Services (21)

RCN (19)

Adelphia Communications (3)

Bentley College (Boston) (3)

Boston College (3)

EarthLink (2)

DePaul University (Chicago), Loyola University (Chicago), MIT, Northeastern University (Boston), Pacific Bell Internet (1 each)


And now here's an updated riaa hitlist:

Today's New Name

Updated August 1


lil_liz@fileshare

RIAA's Most Wanted


Aab@Kazaa
Aboggs2@Kazaa
allstatetide@Kazaa
Amissann2@Kazaa
AngelaMikesell@Kazaa
anon39023@Kazaa
anthonybotz@Kazaa
aoster1@Kazaa
Ariel167@fileshare
asheejojo@Kazaa
Ashley@Grokster
azn_bahamut@Kazaa
B.B.C@Kazaa
badandy@Kazaa
Benchy987@Kazaa
Bigeasssy24@Kazaa
Bigpimpinitopey187@Kazaa
bigjohnhc@Kazaa
blazel@Kazaa
bluemonkey13@Kazaa
Boilermaker1214@Kazaa
brentandjonna@Kazaa
brich410@Kazaa
budman5000@Kazaa
Bush323@Kazaa
cado@Kazaa
Carolyn@fileshare
Casal@Kazaa
cbegalle@Kazaa
cherriie@Kazaa
CLOVER77@Kazaa
Corky101@Kazaa
Cortez1023@Kazaa
CowgirlMDR@Kazaa
crazyface@Kazaa
d-dubb@Grokster
dallass@Kazaa
dambroja@Kazaa
daredevil@Kazaa
DEFAINCE357@Kazaa
definitely_ditzy@Kazaa
dimples0530@Kazaa
dmadigan@Kazaa
dotzbadger@Kazaa
dubcha@Kazaa
dulfingurl2@Kazaa
Dyellagurl22@Kazaa
Dziion@Kazaa
eddieh@Kazaa
emmi4@Kazaa
enbbarnes@Kazaa
ERIKA@Kazaa
felicia_alvarado@Kazaa
flowerpower0818@fileshare
fox3j@Kazaa
freckles72587@Kazaa
fritzbuilding@Kazaa
Generalby@Kazaa
Ghettobootybabe8@Kazaa
h2ochamp@kazaa
harris@Kazaa
heather_thee_amazing@Kazaa
hoami316@Kazaa
hooterzzz@Kazaa
hottdude0587@Kazaa
HyDang@Kazaa
ilovemydez@Kazaa
indepunk74@Kazaa
inthisroom@Kazaa
IYIaC@Kazaa
jamonie@Kazaa
JE_WV@Kazaa
Jeff@Kazaa
Jessica@Kazaa
jim@Kazaa
joanjett@Kazaa
joe@Kazaa
jomada@Kazaa
JustineRiot@Kazaa
kelney12@Kazaa
kenne007@Kazaa
KrAyZiE@Kazaa
ktgurl13@Grokster
kunstrukter@Kazaa
ladypimp8669@Kazaa
laurelbean@Kazaa
leahpate@Kazaa
LiLHuNnIe1480@Kazaa
Lisweet@Kazaa
Lyssy348@Kazaa
madkirk@fileshare
Marge4131@Kazaa
Marla262@Kazaa
mgokey@Kazaa
mike@Kazaa
Motivator@Kazaa
munkeyspanker21@Kazaa
nikki@Kazaa
Niltiak@Kazaa
Nodopefor2@Kazaa
paulina@Kazaa
pdia@Kazaa
PDJ1846@Kazaa
Playgirlmama@Kazaa
Prtythug23@Kazaa
qjade512@Kazaa
rebecca_m_122@Kazaa
rips42@Kazaa
rochelle@Kazaa
RockOn182@Kazaa
samlionofzino@Kazaa
shakobe@Kazaa
shonga84@Kazaa
sk8boyben@Kazaa
sneil@Kazaa
soccerdog@Kazaa
StolenSi@Kazaa
sus@Kazaa
Sweet3114@Kazaa
sweetthang1421@Kazaa
TheLastReal7@Kazaa
TMONEYNDHIZOUSE@kazaa
Tyler@Kazaa
Unit984@Kazaa
Westly_NoGood@Kazaa
wilkes223@Kazaa
willow@Kazaa
witch_au@Kazaa
www.k_lite.tk_Kazaa_Lite@Kazaa

Captain Harlock

Yeah let me tell ya....that Shonga84, he's a real menace. And that sweetthang1421, I heard she's really not so sweet if ya know what I mean.

With Al Queda still out there and all the murdurers, rapists, drug dealers, and Wall Street embezllers on the loose in the streets of this great nation of ours, I really am glad the RIAA is cracking down on the "real" crime in this country.

Joxer

Well, my opinion on this whole thing is that people are saying "Support the artists". Well, that's not what you are doing. As everybody knows, all you are doing is making the record label big wigs have to loosen their belts. So they release singles, but they price those at like $4-5. Which is around 1/3 of the price of the album. So you get 1/17th of the album, and pay 1/3 of the price. And on a related topic, (I don't know if anyone has already mentioned this, but I will either way) what about buying used CDs, no, I'm not saying you should, I'm saying people should be arrested for it!!!!! I mean, if I buy a CD from my friend, we both get the same enjoyment out of listening to it, however, the record company only gets the price of one. So what is the difference if I buy a used CD, or download it?

Michael T Hudson

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/new....asp?nid=18543


http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/interne....ap/index.html


Another article same info.

Ranger

I've heard that some of the people that got caught were sharing over a MILLION mp3s.

Michael T Hudson

I am curious what defines large users. I would guess a million would do it.

Jackskeleton

I doubt they will want any definition out there for what would be considered "Large". Simple as this when the RIAA states who they are after, those who fall under the different group will feel safe to continue. it's a scare tactic, I'm surprised they stated they don't want small timers since this is part of the scare tactic.

einTier

A million mp3s? A million is a large number. Let's think about this.

A million mp3s would be about three million minutes of music, give or take a bit. Each minute of music, assuming a decent bitrate, takes about one meg. So that's three million megs of storage space. Or, 3000 gigabites. Three terabytes. Of MP3s. For one person. Shared.

No way. I used to share about 8,000 files on Napster, and I very rarely saw anyone trading more.

Mordred

Was just about to say that. 1 million mp3s is probably 80-90k albums. Thats more than most music stores would have (just CDs yes they stock 100 of the new Nelly or whatever the crap).

I would assume a large file trader is in the 5-10k song range. 10k may be a good cut off point in fact. Glad I'm not sharing

Mordred

raiders757

All I have to say is, don't beleave a word those bastards spew! They are just trying to save face, and look good in the eyes of the public. For all we know 100 files could be considered "Large". This is nothing more than propiganda from the RIAA.

Groucho

So, leeches are safe.

Ranger

Hey, I just read it off the kazaa boards, so it must be true.

duy37

i have about 34gb of mp3s. all of them are encoded by me at 192kpbs. it comes out to be like 6000 mp3s i think. so 1 million seems crazy to me.

oh yeah I hate all P2P programs.

MurraySiskind

Those articles say nothing about the specific number, its certainly not a million. That number is just silly and pulled out of someone's ***.