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Old 07-24-2003, 01:06 PM   #21 (permalink)
emopwr
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well theres ALWAYS an outside chance that you could get caught. dont be fooled by those kazaa++ programs either, they may block RIAA DOJ CIA NASA blahblah addresses, but the RIAA is outsourcing now to find offenders so that blocking specific addys isnt going to help. you cannot mask (with out proxies or some other work around) yourself if you are sharing and someone makes a connection to your computer to download.

right now they are ONLY going after people who are SHARING mp3s. not downloading. depending on how you interpert the law, you are allowed to download copies of music you already own, so the RIAA cant go after people just for downloading. how can they prove you dont own it? they cant.
so just make sure you arent sharing ANYTHING. you can still download anythign safely. but that kind of defeats the purpose of p2p, and this is their goal. tell your kids to research the wonders of irc (xdcc,fserve) and newsgroups, and private ftp trading groups. those are by FAR better than any kazaa or crap like that.

in response to the_dude:
right now _i think_ theyre going after whoever is responsible for the internet connection. theyre getting ip adresses, unique no matter what login you use, and getting the account/contact information from the ISP. it would be kind of hard to figure out WHO exactly installed the program and used it whenever. basically, the riaa isnt hard up for cash and suing people for it, this is just a giant scare tactic to put an end to p2p. i do believe its going to take down kazaa in time, but everyone will just switch to something else like we all did after napster. there will always be p2p. this is somethign the riaa does not want to believe.

Last edited by emopwr; 07-24-2003 at 01:23 PM..
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