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Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2003 5:23 pm
by The Leper Fairy
Crap. That was me
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2003 9:00 pm
by [Syl]
Ah, speaking of downloading music, you guys might want to be a little careful over the next couple of weeks. The RIAA just had a successful case against Verizon demanding they turn over the user info of one of their clients that dl'd an obscene amount of files, basically saying that the RIAA now has a right to bring a lawsuit against anyone who shares copyrighted material (they can't shut down Kazaa like they did Napster, so they're going after the people who use it). It's kind of a reverse lottery, so if you don't have, say, a thousand files or more (pretty measly by most standards), your chances of being sued are very slim... but still, they want to scare the public, so some people will get shafted.
(note, this applies to US users only... so far)
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2003 10:54 pm
by Infelice
(note, this applies to US users only...so far)
If you want a reason to come and live in OZ there it is.
So I gather I'm pretty safe with my 12 shared files?
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 12:08 am
by Lord Mhoram
79 okay? LOL Yes, I heard about this.
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 3:05 am
by Reisheiruhime
Eh, well. I only dl'd 4 files. And I deleted them. I'm safe, right?
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 6:58 pm
by [Syl]
Yeah, you should be safe. Despite the vast amount of lawyers and money the recording industry employs, you're pretty much safe anyway. I think the chances of them getting you are really slim (about as good as your chances of winning one of those McDonald's promotions)
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 9:00 pm
by Reisheiruhime
Well, that's good to know.
(Do free drinks count?)
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 9:01 pm
by Dromond
Turiya, you crack me up!
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 9:06 pm
by Reisheiruhime
I'm serious though. That makes it funnier.
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2003 5:14 pm
by The Leper Fairy
I've only got about 200 songs...
Some of my friends have up to 1,000 songs and several movies. (Which is how I saw Matrix2 and will probably see Dreamcatcher.) But I personally can't dl movies, they are far too big.
I don't really feel bad about dling music though. I bought some CD's because of it that I wouldn't have otherwise.
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2003 4:59 pm
by [Syl]
Same here. The only people my mp3 habit (got about 230... maybe 400 if I throw in Hellfire's) hurts is the used CD stores.
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2003 4:20 pm
by Skyweir
did someone recommend a good download site .. i have been using a rogue chinese site ..
but its all in chinese .. thank the gods i have a chinese speaker in da' house
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2003 4:32 pm
by Ryzel
Filesharing is very much a grey area. It is definitely illegal to share copyrighted material with others. I.e. giving them the chance to download it.
Downloading illegality depends on where you are.
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2003 5:21 pm
by [Syl]
www.mp3.com has some good, free, legal mp3s.
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2003 5:33 pm
by Lord Mhoram
Damn!
Ares is pissing me off! Now since my version is the older one, I cannot download anything new! Also, if I wanna download anything else I have to download the new Ares, and re-download all my old songs!