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Title: RIAA must back down.
Post by: GmanJoe on December 19, 2003, 12:55:11 PM

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/34616.html

It maybe news from the UK....but it\'s about the US. Imagine that! :D

Title: RIAA must back down.
Post by: Titan on December 19, 2003, 01:41:11 PM

I\'m glad they are getting slowed down. Their lawsuits are bullshit.

Title: RIAA must back down.
Post by: videoholic on December 19, 2003, 02:15:43 PM

I was on Kazaa the other day and I got some popup saying I had copyrighted material and I had to get rid of it.  

At least that\'s what I think it said.  I just closed it after about 5 words.

Title: RIAA must back down.
Post by: Capcom on December 19, 2003, 07:57:07 PM

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Originally posted by videoholic
I was on Kazaa the other day and I got some popup saying I had copyrighted material and I had to get rid of it.  

At least that\'s what I think it said.  I just closed it after about 5 words.

Kazaa or the popup?

Title: RIAA must back down.
Post by: GmanJoe on December 19, 2003, 08:35:12 PM

Kazaalite folks. Don\'t use the spamming infested Kazaa!

Title: RIAA must back down.
Post by: FatalXception on December 19, 2003, 09:15:47 PM

Of note is that a simmilar article on CBC said that the canadian version of the RIAA, the CMIAA or something like that, would begin suits in Canada next year... it will be interesting.

They (that group) pushed through a levy on all CDRs and DVDrs of 7 and 49 cents respectively, that goes to them for piracy - in essence, we are paying to have the right to download and burn MP3s (the wording in the levy allows for sharing your personal CDs as well) - so I\'m sure someone will take them to court.  Cumon, guys, you can\'t have it both ways, shut down the piracy AND collect levys from every Canadian.

They also are trying to push through a $10 per user per month ISP fee for online piracy - which would in effect make piracy even more legal - after all, you would be paying tax whether or not you are a pirate, so I get the feeling a lot of people would start "just to get their money\'s worth".

Title: RIAA must back down.
Post by: Capcom on December 20, 2003, 10:21:16 AM

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Originally posted by FatalXception
Of note is that a simmilar article on CBC said that the canadian version of the RIAA, the CMIAA or something like that, would begin suits in Canada next year... it will be interesting.

They (that group) pushed through a levy on all CDRs and DVDrs of 7 and 49 cents respectively, that goes to them for piracy - in essence, we are paying to have the right to download and burn MP3s (the wording in the levy allows for sharing your personal CDs as well) - so I\'m sure someone will take them to court.  Cumon, guys, you can\'t have it both ways, shut down the piracy AND collect levys from every Canadian.

They also are trying to push through a $10 per user per month ISP fee for online piracy - which would in effect make piracy even more legal - after all, you would be paying tax whether or not you are a pirate, so I get the feeling a lot of people would start "just to get their money\'s worth".

Sure they can.

Title: RIAA must back down.
Post by: Phill on December 27, 2003, 10:07:38 PM

I heard Kazaalite is being shutdown. This is just going by hearsay, so I\'m not sure how true it is.

Title: RIAA must back down.
Post by: THX on December 27, 2003, 10:42:54 PM

Look for the thread in the PC forum.  As long as Kazaa is functioning so will KL K++, since it feeds off of it.  Only problem is it\'s illegal to host it now.  Just makes it trickier to find it.

Title: RIAA must back down.
Post by: Phill on December 28, 2003, 01:51:10 AM

Mine still works fine but it is getting harder to find as search networks take it off their directories

Title: RIAA must back down.
Post by: Titan on December 28, 2003, 04:23:29 PM

I\'m having no problems finding stuff on Kazaa lite. But I definitely don\'t want to go back to iMesh. So much spyware and it always cancels my downloads right at the end (I don\'t know).