re: everyone else
the RIAA is same as any other business these days that’s connected to banks, gov. and neocons [Morgans, Rockefellers, Westinghouse etc.]
They will try to take down anyone and everyone no matter what their cost, a few billion is peanuts to them as long as they can lock down our internet.

They DEFTLY fear us because of knowing or spreading information such as:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=THE+TRUTH+%26+LIES+OF+9%2F11&search_type=&aq=-1&oq=
… and what we could do to them.
Link is of cop attacked by CIA for telling it like it is with documented proof [14 parts well worth a look see]
Also look up William Cooper … an insider who exposed the gov.

That’s what this is all about PPL

Still too bad they gotta take it out on disabled or ones who can’t fight back. Just shows how desperate they are.

Enjoy

Kaster, can YOU prove that the girl did it? Can YOU prove that ANY MEMBER of her family did it?

IP addresses can be FAKED (called spoofing), traces can be misdirected by hacked routers. They (the RIAA) are full of BS unless they can show in front of a judge that the PC has the files, has p2p sharing software, and has those files listed as shared. If all they have is information on paper, it’s not worth the price of the paper it was printed on. I could type up a document swearing to something against someone else, but without CONCRETE PROOF, it is a worthless piece of paper. This is all SCARE TACTICS! I say EVERYONE should setup p2p software and start sharing EVERYTHING they can: music, movies, TV shows, games, apps, OS disk images, etc. WE THE CONSUMERS HAVE THE POWER TO FIGHT AGAINST THE CORPORATE MACHINES, BUT WE NEED TO DO IT TOGETHER!

the record industry is a dying dinosaur; online sales are going to one day decimate CD sales, and artists (myself included) are going to need to find new means of distributing and somehow covering their costs. The power is really in the artists hands, and the RIAA is fighting the battle not for them, but for the record companies, as usual.

It’s sick. It’s sad. It’s wrong – but it’s the law at the moment. Stories like this make my heart hurt.

-Kaster

I think a better strategy would is to be nice to your fans and make them ‘want’ to pay for their music. They probably benefit from the spike in live concert revenues and endorsement deals.

I love the fact that every time there’s a news report of the RIAA going after someone new, it’s always either a housewife or a teenager who has no possibility of fighting back. Where are the reports of the RIAA hitting the mega sharers with multi GIGS of songs being shared?

We should be attacking the Senators and lawmakers who allow this to go on. The parasitic RIAA are greed mongers, like a rabid dog until you put it down it’s going to snarl and bite at people. Look at the smug rich lawyer post above how they feel they are a much better that person, than everyone else because they are rich and in the legal know. The RIAA and the lackey’s on their payroll don’t care if they destroy lives. You are insignificant to them.

The power is in the people but the people are too stupid and mill around like bleating like sheep not doing anything substantial when bad things happen.

If you want it to change make it happen, gather your forces and attack the enemy from all directions. Allow no real avenue of escape. Cut the enemies powerbase, don’t fight them on the battleground where they have power. Flank them, make it end. Divided we fall.

Wonder what program she used to do it? And for just 10 songs? Did she post an album on a blog or something? Seems odd.

Lawyers tend to only go after persons who have deep pockets unless their client (or the lawyer’s errors and ommissions insurance company) could care less.

ENOUGH OF THIS

Hmm, very interesting argument and reply. Your way does work if you want to go that route … maybe. You are putting your trust in a lawyer who may or may not be in your best interests or any good for that matter. Most PPL would not turn off their computer and let it sit there collecting dust just because … and I’m speaking from experience of users doing just that.

This [my] letter is a precursor to Notice of Intent and Understanding since most RIAA / MPAA threats are frivolous and without merit. Any threats from them has to be backed by proof which they can NOT produce in any stretch of the imagination.

You also must have missed the part “and YOUR expert has a chance to look it over”.

I also find it interesting that in my and other parties communications upon such threats by the big 4 nasties they have backed off and so have my numerous ISPs. Let me make this clear, I continued to share said files without further bullcrap notices or threats. As a matter of fact I’ve even goated them afterwards and still no further communications from them. I wonder why?

Mind you the letter above is a rough draft and has minor mistakes in it, therefore you need to revise it in your own words. What I usually send is worded more directly and usually has lots of F**** Y** in it … but that’s me. The point is that it works.

BTW: It’s not hard for a even a simpleton techie to make an image of HD to keep it as evidence if you need to.

Enjoy