Finally!! A step in the right direction

Addix · Last edited by Addix on Sat Dec 20, 2003 11:07 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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WASHINGTON ? The recording industry can't force Internet providers to identify music downloaders, a federal appeals court said Friday in a major decision shielding online privacy while undercutting the industry's anti-piracy campaign.

The ruling does not legalize distributing copyrighted songs over the Internet, but it will greatly increase the cost and effort for the Washington-based Recording Industry Association of America (search) to track such activity and sue those who are swapping music online.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (search) overturned a trial judge's decision to enforce copyright subpoenas, one of the most effective tools used by the recording industry. The subpoena power was established by a law passed before the explosive growth of swapping music online.

The rest can be found here... http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,106223,00.html

Sara Deutsch (Verizon's lawyer) is my new hero because of this line...

"Consumers' rights cannot be trampled upon in the quest to enforce your copyright"

monkeysmasher · **Posted:** Sat Dec 20, 2003 9:39 pm **Post subject:**

yeppers, i read about this the other day at ;the register;
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/index.html
and my favorite p2p site
http://www.p2pnet.net/riaa5.html

its finaly sounds like a step in the right direction for some sanity regarding filesharing,
rantmode on!
but i'd still use as much(if not more) privacy/security related programs and stay low profile if you live in the usa. one thing ive learned is laws dont apply to big business, they will still try to sue anybody(and everybody) anyway they can,wether techniquely legal or not. (because they are greedy bastards who want to rule with an iron fist) so still use precautions with p2p, i;m sure the copywrite police will still try to track people down and squeeze anything they can until they buy the law back in thier own favor.
so (for anybody who's bothered to read this far, or has the slightest interest) keep fighting the evil greedy bastards, sign petitions, bitch like i do, read up on the applicable laws and how they screw you,

ah, thats enough screeching from me. for now.

ohgodnotanotherone · **Posted:** Sat Dec 20, 2003 10:12 pm **Post subject:**

But as of next year, even in my country, the most liberal (the american definition of it) country in the world(tm) kazaa users can expect individual tracings....

they'll be laughed away in our courts.... :lol:

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Sat Dec 20, 2003 10:13 pm **Post subject:**

Where's that Ohgod?

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Sat Dec 20, 2003 10:32 pm **Post subject:**

I've found out a secret code embedded inside monkeys posts. You take the first word and the last word of the main chunk of his post and you derive the true root od his problems. So monkey,

Quote:

its finaly sounds like a step in the right direction for some sanity regarding filesharing,
rantmode on!
but i'd still use as much(if not more) privacy/security related programs and stay low profile if you live in the usa. one thing ive learned is laws dont apply to big business, they will still try to sue anybody(and everybody) anyway they can,wether techniquely legal or not. (because they are greedy bastards who want to rule with an iron fist) so still use precautions with p2p, i;m sure the copywrite police will still try to track people down and squeeze anything they can until they buy the law back in thier own favor.
so (for anybody who's bothered to read this far, or has the slightest interest) keep fighting the evil greedy bastards, sign petitions, bitch like i do, read up on the applicable laws and how they screw you,

monkeysmasher · **Posted:** Sat Dec 20, 2003 10:40 pm **Post subject:**

oh no, spud has figured out my secret communications to the underground resistance, the nazi will be on to me, i must flee the post.

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Mon Dec 22, 2003 12:17 am **Post subject:**

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3335063.stm

More good news (and the old news repeated).

monkeysmasher · **Posted:** Sun Dec 28, 2003 10:28 pm **Post subject:**

i had seen some reports saying that the mpaa was not going to go on a riaa style-sue-'em-all for downloading movies. i doubt they would just turn a blind eye to the whole thing.
I figured the new laws in the usa that were not in the riaa's favor was just a marketing trick to get people to think the music industry really was suffering, so people would pity the music industry and buy more cd's for christmass.

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Mon Dec 29, 2003 1:18 am **Post subject:**

MPAA are more concerned with the people bootlegging and selling, so their focus lies mainly in stopping the recording of CAMS/TS (I noticed a trailer before LOTR, first time at cinema i've seen a notice before a movie at showcase) and the distribution of pirate discs (Mainly in Asia, China being the hotspot). They obviously go after peopel on p2p, but normally just send out letters rather than prosecution.

Finally!! A step in the right direction

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