It's about fucking time.

i like the old way better

VICTORY!

suing single mothers, a 13 year old girl and even a dead person

I wanted to buy a cd last week, but since it came out in 2004 the canadian music company was charging 25.00 plus taxes. Where the only thing i would be gaining was artwork that usually just sits in a case on the shelf... I didn't buy the cd i didnt download it YET. Who know ill probably get one of those shitty HMV gift certificates for christmas so they might end up getting my money if i cant get off my ass and type a few words into google and a couple clicks.

lol finally.

Internets: 1
RIAA: 0

Sweet. About fucking time

Still a little wary about this, but a step away from retardation is definitely the right step for the RIAA.

I'm confused, how'd they manage to sue a dead guy?

They TRIED to. And the debt would have continued over to his family if they won.

I eagerly await my notice.

How do they tell? If you're downloading and uploading torrents, how do they find out that they're CDs?This Message Edited On 12.20.08

This is a good thing based on principle. However, its bad for downloaders as a whole. When they were suing individuals, the chances of being of those people was pretty small. Now that they are going through ISPs, it makes them much easier to spot the downloaders. Sure you won't get sued for millions, but what I'm guessing would amount to your internet connection being disabled kind of sucks too.

Yeah, RIAA made the right decision here. I guess it does up the chances of being caught, but I don't think it'll actually affect TOO many people, but I may be wrong.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but torrents arn't illegal? What's to say I've been downloading bootlegs or albums I already have/had hard copies of? Surely the only way they prove it is by searching you home? And like that's going to happen?

and like they have any jurisdiction over where I live considering I am not from the US

Yay, now I don't have to worry about the RIAA suing me for something I never did.

I'm going to have to agree that this is more of a lateral move really. Sure, I'm not being sued, but the internet in my bread and butter. They're suggesting cutting my legs off. And then suing me.

The RIAA still fails to realize they're like a dinosaur in a modern city: a destructive anachronism that doesn't know it should be dead... but nowhere near as awesome. Try as they might, they can't change the fact that their business model is obsolete (and they seem to have no intention of changing it). The more concessions they make like this, the faster it will just speed up the process to their collapse.

Its even worse now that internet providers agreed to this bullcrap. Internet providers should not be the RIAA's key to access everybody its been trying to shut down, the providers can't be held responsible for what their customers do with their internet connection. I'm not comfortable with the RIAA knowing my ISP, they will probably organize lists of ISP customers and file-sharers will then be logged RIAA databases.This Message Edited On 12.20.08

The Internet providers are giving in to the RIAA because they're all in the process of trying to sign deals with all the major content providers fir music, movies and TV. Which ISP do you think will get a contract, the one that agrees with the RIAA or the one that denies them.

As for the RIAA, under this deal they don't get access to your personal information. All correspondence is done by the ISPs. As for getting warned and then having your internet connection removed; it's better than getting sued for thousands of dollars with no warning.

What are ISP's signing deals with media corporations for?

they're trying to get access to exclusive/early movie trailers, streaming audio from bands and things of that nature.

I knew this was too good to be true:
http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08%2F12%2F20%2F136255&from=rss

Of course anything like this is too good to be true. This Message Edited On 12.20.08

the only way they are catching people is through P2P like limewire and they can only track down people who share their files

at least that's what i read

They can catch anyone who uploads. torrents upload as you download. private sites are more secure (I mean invitation only type sites)

they're the only places I'd trust. you can't get busted JUST for downloading though

cool, I want my myspace playlist back.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but torrents arn't illegal? What's to say I've been downloading bootlegs or albums I already have/had hard copies of? Surely the only way they prove it is by searching you home? And like that's going to happen?

and like they have any jurisdiction over where I live considering I am not from the US