Chances of being sued by the RIAA

[Skyclad1uhm1]

Are you scared yet?

If we consider only those using a non-FastTrack P2P network, the total number of lawsuits drops to only ~261. In other words, you then have a 1 in 45,977 chance of being sued if you do not use FastTrack. Comparatively, according to the National Safety Council, you have a better chance of being killed in a transportation or non-transportational accident, death from suicide, death from assault or death by legal intervention (such as execution or being shot by a police officer.)

 

[Cristatus]

Originally posted by: Skyclad1uhm1
Are you scared yet?

If we consider only those using a non-FastTrack P2P network, the total number of lawsuits drops to only ~261. In other words, you then have a 1 in 45,977 chance of being sued if you do not use FastTrack. Comparatively, according to the National Safety Council, you have a better chance of being killed in a transportation or non-transportational accident, death from suicide, death from assault or death by legal intervention (such as execution or being shot by a police officer.)

lol, no

that makes me even happier

 

[BriGy86]

the RIAA is really sockin it to them aren't they

 

[Scarpozzi]

RIAA - Recording Industry Assholes of America

 

[marvdmartian]

Here's a clue, for those that just don't get it......

if you don't share music on P2P, you can't get sued by the RIAA!! DOH!!! :shocked:

 

[BriGy86]

i would laugh so hard if people found out that the RIAA was behind the nopri.b virus

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

Originally posted by: BriGy86
i would laugh so hard if people found out that the RIAA was behind the nopri.b virus

Wouldn't surprise me if they were behind a lot of the P2P virusses.

 

[BriGy86]

Originally posted by: Skyclad1uhm1

Originally posted by: BriGy86
i would laugh so hard if people found out that the RIAA was behind the nopri.b virus

Wouldn't surprise me if they were behind a lot of the P2P virusses.

what do you think would happen to them if that was the case?

 

[shuan24]

sorry for the noob question, but I've never heard of FastTrack...what is that exactly?

 

[Zim Hosein]

/me hides the little blue frog!

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: shuan24
sorry for the noob question, but I've never heard of FastTrack...what is that exactly?

The FastTrack network is the network that the popular Kazaa program connects to. However, most people don't know that it is only one of many clients that connect users to this network. As well as Kazaa there are 2 other clients that are officially sanctioned to connect to the network. Although decentralized like Gnutella (there is no central computer holding a list of all of it's users' songs), the network is incredibly stable which has allowed a peak average of 4 million individuals to traverse this network. KaZaA was the only FastTrack client that had limited the bitrate of songs being traded on the network, but the practice that was once common of the clients has left it's mark. If it is high bitrate songs you are after, you will only find a minimal amount.

http://www.slyck.com/ft.php

 

[walla]

all music should be free. we should be communists, and share wealth equally.

 

[her209]

The RIAA think they own everything don't they?

 

[shuan24]

so was Napster affliated with FastTrack as well? Or was it something different all together? I've always thought that Napster and Kazaa were the same...

 

[wchou]

Originally posted by: walla
all music should be free. we should be communists, and share wealth equally.

Sarcasm?
Everything in life should be shared equally including water, knowledge, internet, oxygen, electricity and wealth

 

[wchou]

Originally posted by: her209
The RIAA think they own everything don't they?

That's why people like us try to disown them, they enjoy exploiting weak minded people who are easily scared.

 

[BriGy86]

what exactly is it that gives the RIAA the right to sue people?

the organization doesn't own or make the songs that are being pirated

or is it the people that belong to the group that makes it able to sue people?

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

Originally posted by: BriGy86

Originally posted by: Skyclad1uhm1

Originally posted by: BriGy86
i would laugh so hard if people found out that the RIAA was behind the nopri.b virus

Wouldn't surprise me if they were behind a lot of the P2P virusses.

what do you think would happen to them if that was the case?

Could it ever be proven? They just have to use a virus toolkit to create one, and start distributing it using P2P clients in a few internet cafes. Nothing which can point in their direction that way.

 

[BriGy86]

Originally posted by: Skyclad1uhm1

Originally posted by: BriGy86

Originally posted by: Skyclad1uhm1

Originally posted by: BriGy86
i would laugh so hard if people found out that the RIAA was behind the nopri.b virus

Wouldn't surprise me if they were behind a lot of the P2P virusses.

what do you think would happen to them if that was the case?

Could it ever be proven? They just have to use a virus toolkit to create one, and start distributing it using P2P clients in a few internet cafes. Nothing which can point in their direction that way.

well they seem to find other people that create viruses some how

 

[broon]

Originally posted by: marvdmartian
Here's a clue, for those that just don't get it......

if you don't share music on P2P, you can't get sued by the RIAA!! DOH!!! :shocked:

[sarcasm]But that would mean that I'd...I'd...I'd have to pay (gasp) for those songs[/sarcasm]

 

[globalcitizen]

Keep in mind that those people not living in the US dont get screwed. I have a buddy in Europe who has 17 gigs of music:shocked: all from Kazaa, Gnutella etc.

 

[walla]

Originally posted by: BriGy86
what exactly is it that gives the RIAA the right to sue people?

the organization doesn't own or make the songs that are being pirated

or is it the people that belong to the group that makes it able to sue people?

think of them as the legal representation for nearly the entire US music industry. the record companies become members of the RIAA, and let the RIAA take care of the dirty work.

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

Originally posted by: BriGy86
well they seem to find other people that create viruses some how

You can hire russian hackers for a few hundred to thousands of dollars depending on whether you simply want a virus written or want to launch a full scale DDOS attack on a competitor. The good ones don't get caught, and no one will be able to prove you were behind it if you are careful with the payment.

 

[wchou]

Originally posted by: BriGy86
what exactly is it that gives the RIAA the right to sue people?

the organization doesn't own or make the songs that are being pirated

or is it the people that belong to the group that makes it able to sue people?

lawyers who are out to make easy money from those that are insecured about their own well being.
1. don't want to share anything because then they wouldn't be so stinking rich in the first place.
2. they want to deprive us of our rights to enjoy anything without pay.
3. this legal vs illegal crap is all a scam, about control over the mass population who are looked upon as their milking machine so they can sit on an empire and laugh their socks off how gullible we are.
Everything that people do that don't involve money is illegal to them but it is our right to do so, and they can't take that away as long as we're alive.

 

[broon]

Originally posted by: wchou

Originally posted by: BriGy86
what exactly is it that gives the RIAA the right to sue people?

the organization doesn't own or make the songs that are being pirated

or is it the people that belong to the group that makes it able to sue people?

lawyers who are out to make easy money from those that are insecured about their own well being.
1. don't want to share anything because then they wouldn't be so stinking rich in the first place.
2. they want to deprive us of our rights to enjoy anything without pay.
3. this legal vs illegal crap is all a scam, about control over the mass population who are looked upon as their milking machine so they can sit on an empire and laugh their socks off how gullible we are.
Everything that people do that don't involve money is illegal to them but it is our right to do so, and they can't take that away as long as we're alive.

1. Why should they?
2. No one has the right to enjoy anything without pay.
3. It's called enterprise, not some conspiracy

The "they already have enough money" argument is old and no good. Come up with a valid one please.