DOS the RIAA

GermyBoy

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Why don't the makers of KaZaA and other P2P programs just have it so that your computer will ping the RIAA or MPAA or whomever is suing ever minute or so, just to take down their networks so that they cannot sit around on their thumbs all day and make up lawsuits?
 

Monel Funkawitz

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Only way we are going to fight this is to protest the high prices of cd's and media. Hit them in the wallet. The RIAA is a backstabbing POS anyway. They act like they are behind the artists, when actually they are for the few big major record labels. The RIAA and the big dogs determine what music gets released and what you are going to hear.
 

BennyD

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Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Originally posted by: GermyBoy
Originally posted by: Czar
illegal?

Not sure, but supposedly so is downloading mp3s.
Kazza and other P2P Services aren't downloading MP3's

they could set up an "auto ping service" that you could set up to ping them

or better yet just build the pinging into SETI :D
 

SyahM

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Salvador, what's with you and the "I need to get to Lifer status" mark on your every post?
 

PatboyX

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Originally posted by: SyahM
Salvador, what's with you and the "I need to get to Lifer status" mark on your every post?

he should maybe just make it his sig and save himself the trouble. i understand the oh so subtle tactic he is using...but come on, add a little something to the conversation, too.

about the RIAA: didnt someone just come out with a program to let you block the ips of known agents?
peer guard or something like that.
 

Fritzo

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Originally posted by: Monel Funkawitz
Only way we are going to fight this is to protest the high prices of cd's and media. Hit them in the wallet. The RIAA is a backstabbing POS anyway. They act like they are behind the artists, when actually they are for the few big major record labels. The RIAA and the big dogs determine what music gets released and what you are going to hear.

There was a report showing that CD sales would go down 33% within 5 years because people prefer digital music more and more, and CD's might go the way of vinyl soon. THerefore many CD publishers just lowered the price of their CD's to $13-$15. It was on CNN. The price change will take effect Oct 1st.

Truthfully, if there was a service that offered songs for like $.79 each at 160kps I'd buy like crazy. Nobody's doing that, so pirating is filling the customer's desire. So what does the RIAA do? Instead of listening to the customer's needs, they start suing everyone that doesn't want to keep following the old ways. Bunch of idiots.
 

Ness

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Originally posted by: Salvador
I need to get to Lifer status




So you can... somehow look cool with a big number under your name? Sure thing.
 

PunDogg

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Originally posted by: Fritzo
Originally posted by: Monel Funkawitz
Only way we are going to fight this is to protest the high prices of cd's and media. Hit them in the wallet. The RIAA is a backstabbing POS anyway. They act like they are behind the artists, when actually they are for the few big major record labels. The RIAA and the big dogs determine what music gets released and what you are going to hear.

There was a report showing that CD sales would go down 33% within 5 years because people prefer digital music more and more, and CD's might go the way of vinyl soon. THerefore many CD publishers just lowered the price of their CD's to $13-$15. It was on CNN. The price change will take effect Oct 1st.

Truthfully, if there was a service that offered songs for like $.79 each at 160kps I'd buy like crazy. Nobody's doing that, so pirating is filling the customer's desire. So what does the RIAA do? Instead of listening to the customer's needs, they start suing everyone that doesn't want to keep following the old ways. Bunch of idiots.

exactly, but for 13-15 is still high price for a CD, i'llpay like 10, espically if half the song aren;t any good, i would pay for digital music that was .79 a song

Dogg