mach_six
join:2002-05-09
Nutley, NJ | IP isn't enough
Wasn't there a case where the judge dismiss the case cause the IP address wasn't alone to implicate you. You still need an eyewitness to see you doing it... |
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Midak
Doctors suck
Premium
join:2002-02-26
Yonkers, NY | Some judges will pull that one out, regardless of the evidence, if your witness (plaintiff's) did not actually witness you in the act, so to speak. |
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WoodyLI
join:2003-04-10
 ·Optimum Online
| Without getting involved in the resulting discussion on moral implications there is plenty of anonymous peer to peer technology out there that would be sufficient to thwart the RIAA. The RIAA knows they can't catch a significant percentage of illegal downloaders so they will naturally go after the easiest targets.
I used to record songs off the radio and play them in my car on cassette tapes. I also used to lend and borrow CDs from friends to make personal mixes to play in my car or at home. It never occurred to me that this was inherently wrong until peer to peer technology developed.
It seems to me that people who download songs occasionally in addition to occasionally buying CDs, legal online music, and listening to the radio are not criminals. People who download thousands of songs they will never listen to are simply compulsive, overly obsessed, and probably need group therapy but are unlikely to bankrupt the record industry. |
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