Comments on: Kazaa, the RIAA and Jammie Thomas

By: Rekrul

Rekrul — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 10:17:19 +0000

The solution is simple; Don’t use file-sharing networks to download RIAA music, or anything new/popular, as those are the things the anti-piracy oranizations will be watching for. Only use them to download older stuff that is no longer considered current. Use file hosting sites like Rapidshare or Usenet newsgroups to download anything new/popular. Both are, in my opinion, completely safe to download from. There’s really no way you can be monitored by any outside agency and even if they could tell what you’re downloading, downloading is not “unauthorized distribution”, so they would have no grounds to sue you. Technically, they could probably sue you for the cost of buying said product, but I highly doubt that they’d go to the trouble and expense for a single infringing copy.

Not only that, but file hosting sites simply need a standard web browser and there is a wide variety of stable, reliable software that works with Usenet newsgroups, so there’s no need to worry about having to use malware-infested programs.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 07:15:24 +0000

The RIAA/MPAA is at least 3 year behind. Kazaa is obsolete!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 07:13:46 +0000

Good news the RIAA/MPAA parasites will be exterminated soon since we detected them!

Good ridance!

Finally an healthier society!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 05:27:33 +0000

“Good news: people are being sued for being idiots (using KaZaA).”

No, people are being sued because of greed. It has nothing to do with if you’ve ever used Kazaa or any other P2P software. There are innocent people who have been sued.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:57:36 +0000

Good news: people are being sued for being idiots (using KaZaA).
Bad news: they’re being sued by pure evil.

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:48:07 +0000

^^ Very true, but people are still using it. K-Lite was good, though.

Cheers!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:44:01 +0000

it is old news that kazaa is badware and badnews

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:16:06 +0000

I was one of the early adopters of kazaa and morpheus in the months following the downfall of napster. I knew their was something fishy about it. I recall the old pentium 3 slowing down while using that junk. Its just sad that some people have yet to be informed about torrents etc and some continue to jump on the kazaa bandwagon and end up getting litigated. Kazaa activities are simply to easy to track.

By: an Arse

an Arse — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:49:33 +0000

Sherman Networks should’ve learned from RIAA’s past. Settle into agreement with the RIAA, and the RIAA will only screw you over more.

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:19:50 +0000

Don’t you pay attention to what they say?

They’ve lost billions, not millions, to all those file-sharing students and grannies and 12-year-olds and dead people and, and …….

Geez!

Cheers!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:25:03 +0000

“Ultimately, Sharman ’settled’ with the corporate music industry for a reported $115 million”

I don’t get this.
if the corporate music industry already got $115 million, did this not cover them for ALL their damages? How can they sue the users for the same damages?