this is just insane

monkeysmasher · **Posted:** Mon Aug 11, 2003 1:34 pm **Post subject:** this is just insane

this is a bit old, but 3 billion dollars is a lot.

Record industry sued four in civil court for $3 Billion, Peng for running a file trade service on the Princeton University campus network

4 dudes(ages 18-21) for just using p2p programs?

i write this after i get about 47 cease and desist letters. man, i got to mug a lot of old people to get 3 billion dollars.

wargand · **Posted:** Mon Aug 11, 2003 2:00 pm **Post subject:**

It is not insane, it is american.....erm, sorry, I suppose this means insane.

monkeysmasher · **Posted:** Mon Aug 11, 2003 2:41 pm **Post subject:**

3 billion dollars is a lot of sausages my friend. thats more than everyone in my state makes in annual wages combined.

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Mon Aug 11, 2003 3:06 pm **Post subject:**

well a recent ruling says that cease and desist letters are unconstitutional and baseless:
http://www.megagames.com/news/html/pc/r ... ored.shtml

Quote:

A Massachusetts district court dealt the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) a serious setback by rejecting its Washington, D.C., subpoenas for the identities of Massachusetts students. For the moment, MIT and Boston College need not respond to the RIAA demands.

Today's ruling requires the recording industry to file subpoenas where it alleges that copyright infringement occurs, rather than blanketing the country from one court in D.C., said Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Staff Attorney Wendy Seltzer. The court ruling confirms that due process applies to Internet user privacy nationwide.

Massachusetts District Judge Joseph Tauro granted requests from MIT and Boston College to reject RIAA subpoenas demanding identities of students the RIAA claims are violating copyright. The subpoenas are part of a nationwide effort by the RIAA to identify and crack down on alleged copyright violators using peer-to-peer (P2P) software to share music on the Internet.

We urge other colleges and Internet service providers to take similar steps to protect their users' privacy, said EFF Legal Director Cindy Cohn. ISPs should notify users whose information is sought, and fight against improper subpoenas.

Pacific Bell Internet Services has filed suit in California complaining of the threat to subscribers' privacy and the burden on Internet service providers. The RIAA has reportedly filed more than 2,000 subpoenas through the D.C. court and has announced plans to sue file-sharers later this month.

EFF offers an online database users can check to see whether their identities have been subpoenaed by the RIAA. EFF urges concerned citizens to learn more about ways to make filesharing legal while getting artists paid as part of the Let the Music Play Campaign.

ohgodnotanotherone · **Posted:** Mon Aug 11, 2003 5:11 pm **Post subject:**

Wel...ehh....ever thought of moving to a more protected state /country ?

monkeysmasher · **Posted:** Mon Aug 11, 2003 5:27 pm **Post subject:**

i'm not too conserned. service isnt in my name, but still i think this is in response to me complaining about the hammering.

strangley enough, some are for tv show episodes.
most are for the same file.

i think my isp would give them my name. hell, they would be eager to give them my name.

they all seem to be the same form letter. seems they are just threatening termination of my account at the moment, hence the killing of mule till i can see what happens.

hehe, unconstitutional?
if u are poor here(like me) your pretty much at thier(anyone with the money backing) mercy. they could convict me of killing abraham lincoln if they wanted too, i lack the resources to stop them.

Justice is for----Just U$--------

izac · **Posted:** Wed Aug 13, 2003 1:08 pm **Post subject:**

omfg!!! 3 billion bacaronies!!!! j33333z!

rather suicide...

this is just insane

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