RIAA to Expand Attack on File Swappers

daRk_heLmet · Jul 29, 2005, 12:06 AM

The RIAA on Thursday announced another round of lawsuits on Thursday against 765 "Internet thieves" across the United States, emboldened by last month's decision by the Supreme Court that said file sharing networks can be held responsible for their users' actions.

The "John Doe" lawsuits -- where the filing litigant is given a set amount of time to positively identify the defendant -- were filed across several federal district courts in eight states.

In addition to Thursday's actions, 176 named defendant lawsuits were filed last week in 25 states, which all came out of previous John Doe suits. The names of the individuals were obtained through Internet service provider logs.
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IamLakota · Jul 29, 2005, 06:47 AM

This type of gestopo tactic is just plain wrong.Hell it's gettin so you can't even breath in the good ole USA any more with out getting goverment approval. What ever happened to "A goverment for the People and by the People,seems the very things our forefathers left their other countries for to come to the new world,has befallen us.

Mazuko · Jul 29, 2005, 08:16 AM

To stir up an old argument. Why is the music/movie industry so disturbed? I mean for goodness sakes in the 80's we had casset tapes and VHS tapes. In the 90's we had CDR and DVDR, AND hard drives.

They survived through all of that and didn't take people to court for copying a friends tape or CD. Now all of a sudden that it's accessable on the internet...it's sacrilidge and everyone should be sued.

Sorry but it was much easier to copy music onto a cassete tape than to download a song. So much less RISK.

EcPercy · Jul 29, 2005, 08:28 AM

Well this just further supports me not ever buying any more music.

Shadow Lady · Jul 29, 2005, 11:32 AM

indeed, and i dont even live in USA ^^

Necrosis · Jul 29, 2005, 12:40 PM

I've stopped out right buying CD's all together because of this crap. However, still pay for my music, just on non RIAA approved sites!!

The_Neon_Cowboy · Jul 29, 2005, 02:17 PM

BAh! I really want to see a massive anti RIAA MPAAmovement. They the riaa should be horrased,
picketed and bashed. Them and thier families. The same goes for it's membership...I'd rather RIAA
people have to hide and be affraid

Alsthough I'm affarid it would takes acts of voilence to get them to rethink anything. For example
if the RIAA head qurter wer to blow up and everyone die more people would probubly rejoice then
feel bad.

Thing is It hard to get people to organaise. ESpecally when those people have want and needs. All
the fat cat care about is line thier pocket with all the money. Not to mention all the money they dick
the authors out of. they make roughly 15 times cost on a CD, it about $1.00 if that thats includeing
royalty, copying costs. That just a full 12-18 trace CD. That and alot of times they force you to but that just for 1 or 2 good songs...

The autors and artist make chicenfeed while the company rools in thier hundreds of millions.

Jul 29, 2005, 12:06 AM	#1
daRk_heLmet Keep firing, assholes! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Death Star Posts: 1,073 Rep Power: 0	RIAA to Expand Attack on File Swappers The RIAA on Thursday announced another round of lawsuits on Thursday against 765 "Internet thieves" across the United States, emboldened by last month's decision by the Supreme Court that said file sharing networks can be held responsible for their users' actions. The "John Doe" lawsuits -- where the filing litigant is given a set amount of time to positively identify the defendant -- were filed across several federal district courts in eight states. In addition to Thursday's actions, 176 named defendant lawsuits were filed last week in 25 states, which all came out of previous John Doe suits. The names of the individuals were obtained through Internet service provider logs. _________________________ Read More/Source: BetaNews __________________ [color=white]My Blog[/color]

Jul 29, 2005, 06:47 AM	#2
IamLakota DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Viriginia Posts: 563 Rep Power: 0	This type of gestopo tactic is just plain wrong.Hell it's gettin so you can't even breath in the good ole USA any more with out getting goverment approval. What ever happened to "A goverment for the People and by the People,seems the very things our forefathers left their other countries for to come to the new world,has befallen us. __________________ Harley Davidson: If You Have To Ask You Wouldn't Understand!!! System Specs: Mobo:Asus P6T Deluxe V2,intel i7 920,2x BFG 8800GTOC 512's SLI,Corsair 6gigs tri channel pc12800CL8 2xWD Velociraptor's 2x74gig WD Raptor , X-Fi Fatal1ty Titainium,HANNS-G HG281HD 1080p 28" monitor,Coolermaster HAF/922,PC-PWR&Cooling Sliencer 750,CoolerMaster V8 HSF

Jul 29, 2005, 08:16 AM	#3
Mazuko DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Fredericksburg, VA Posts: 1,009 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	To stir up an old argument. Why is the music/movie industry so disturbed? I mean for goodness sakes in the 80's we had casset tapes and VHS tapes. In the 90's we had CDR and DVDR, AND hard drives. They survived through all of that and didn't take people to court for copying a friends tape or CD. Now all of a sudden that it's accessable on the internet...it's sacrilidge and everyone should be sued. Sorry but it was much easier to copy music onto a cassete tape than to download a song. So much less RISK. __________________ E-bay feedback: http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAP...me=STRK:ME:UFS

Jul 29, 2005, 11:32 AM	#5
Shadow Lady Avril Fan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: somewhere in colombia, okok, bogotá city :p Posts: 1,267 Rep Power: 0	indeed, and i dont even live in USA ^^ __________________ Oblivion ftw

Jul 29, 2005, 02:17 PM	#7
The_Neon_Cowboy DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,135 Rep Power: 77 System Specs	BAh! I really want to see a massive anti RIAA MPAAmovement. They the riaa should be horrased, picketed and bashed. Them and thier families. The same goes for it's membership...I'd rather RIAA people have to hide and be affraid Alsthough I'm affarid it would takes acts of voilence to get them to rethink anything. For example if the RIAA head qurter wer to blow up and everyone die more people would probubly rejoice then feel bad. Thing is It hard to get people to organaise. ESpecally when those people have want and needs. All the fat cat care about is line thier pocket with all the money. Not to mention all the money they dick the authors out of. they make roughly 15 times cost on a CD, it about $1.00 if that thats includeing royalty, copying costs. That just a full 12-18 trace CD. That and alot of times they force you to but that just for 1 or 2 good songs... The autors and artist make chicenfeed while the company rools in thier hundreds of millions. __________________

Jul 29, 2005, 08:28 AM	#4
EcPercy DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Iraq Posts: 1,529 Rep Power: 49	Well this just further supports me not ever buying any more music.