If the RIAA came to your house...

[Cloud Strife]

and tells you that you've been illegally downloading/uploading music, can you tell them that you didn't know you had an open WiFi? Is that a legitimate excuse?

 

[jonessoda]

Nothing is a legitimate excuse to the RIAA. Not even not owning a computer.

 

[AgentJean]

Originally posted by: jonessoda
Nothing is a legitimate excuse to the RIAA.

Drawing down is.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Your ISP would probably prove otherwise.

However, I live in Canada and as far as I know, I haven't uploaded any music.

 

[imported_bum]

Maybe until they look on your hard drive?

 

[EyeMWing]

If the RIAA comes to your house, you tell them to get lost and use proper channels.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: jonessoda
Nothing is a legitimate excuse to the RIAA. Not even not owning a computer.

or being dead.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: bum
Maybe until they look on your hard drive?

If you let the RIAA look at your hard drive, you're an idiot. They'll drop suit the second they realize you aren't going to go quietly - and requiring them to get subpoenas and warrants isn't going quietly. And they sure as hell aren't going to pay for a forensic analysis if they DO get their hands on your gear, at worst they'll use off the shelf recovery software. A zeroed drive defeats that crap.

 

[MrCodeDude]

For P2P, it's a lot easier to defend yourself.

The RIAA's and MPAA's scanning methods only look for users with the file, they don't actually download it. You could rename a 3.5mb text file to OMGSREALLYPOPULARMUSIC.mp3 and they would think you are distributing copyrighted material.

 

[Cloud Strife]

Originally posted by: bum
Maybe until they look on your hard drive?

If you know ahead of time that they were coming, you could dump your computer at the junkyard.

 

[AgentJean]

Originally posted by: Cloud Strife

Originally posted by: bum
Maybe until they look on your hard drive?

If you know ahead of time that they were coming, you could dump your computer at the junkyard.

Thermite is the only way to be sure.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

"Got warrant?"

- M4H

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: Cloud Strife

Originally posted by: bum
Maybe until they look on your hard drive?

If you know ahead of time that they were coming, you could dump your computer at the junkyard.

That would be stupid. If you were 100% sure they were going to check your harddrive, you stick it in the microwave.

 

[Atheus]

Originally posted by: LoKe
Your ISP would probably prove otherwise.

ISP can't tell if you have open WIFI.

Personally I would be like - maybe someone here has been downloading music, but there are 4 of us, who you gonna charge?

 

[notfred]

If the RIAA came to my house I'd tell them to go away.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: LoKe

Originally posted by: Cloud Strife

Originally posted by: bum
Maybe until they look on your hard drive?

If you know ahead of time that they were coming, you could dump your computer at the junkyard.

That would be stupid. If you were 100% sure they were going to check your harddrive, you stick it in the microwave.

Or wipe and reinstall. Big fvcking deal. They aren't going to pay for forensics. It would cost them more than they could ever recover from you, making the lawsuit unprofitable.

 

[schneiderguy]

i would tell them to go fvck themselves

 

[mrSHEiK124]

Originally posted by: schneiderguy
i would tell them to go fvck themselves

With thorny dildos. ITB.