RIAA and Usenet

[godmare]

Is the RIAA planning to take any steps into newsgroup file sharing/transferring?
Any word or opinions on this?

 

[pulse8]

Not unless it hits the mainstream.

Same thing with IRC.

 

[Lars]

I hope not!

 

[amnesiac]

I don't think they can. Usenet is a lot harder to regulate and track because of all the inherent concessions to anonymity. Look at all the illegal material on Usenet right now. No one's getting caught, at least not easily.

 

[Hector13]

Originally posted by: amnesiac
I don't think they can. Usenet is a lot harder to regulate and track because of all the inherent concessions to anonymity. Look at all the illegal material on Usenet right now. No one's getting caught, at least not easily.

what is to stop them from going after news servers?

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: Hector13

Originally posted by: amnesiac
I don't think they can. Usenet is a lot harder to regulate and track because of all the inherent concessions to anonymity. Look at all the illegal material on Usenet right now. No one's getting caught, at least not easily.

what is to stop them from going after news servers?

Good luck doing that with any servers outside the US.

 

[godmare]

Originally posted by: Linflas

Originally posted by: Hector13

Originally posted by: amnesiac
I don't think they can. Usenet is a lot harder to regulate and track because of all the inherent concessions to anonymity. Look at all the illegal material on Usenet right now. No one's getting caught, at least not easily.

what is to stop them from going after news servers?

Good luck doing that with any servers outside the US.

I was more ocncerned with ip tracking, which they are using with the Verizon case(s), afaik. ISP's that provide newsgroup access don't block addresses. Can they not monitor downloading?

 

[vegetation]

Wont happen. Usenet is impossible to control any meaningful way. Remember, Osama and gang used the Usenet as communication channels.

 

[AntaresVI]

Originally posted by: vegetation
Wont happen. Usenet is impossible to control any meaningful way. Remember, Osama and gang used the Usenet as communication channels.

Did they really? Got a link offhand? It sounds interesting.

 

[Gravity]

RIAA got spanked on Friday by federal judge. The judge ruled that peer to peer tools like napster and kazaa aren't illegal anymore than a home vcr or cassette recorder. He threw out their lawsuits and told them not to come back, EVER! Well, that last part might be an bit much. There are soooo many places to look, if you're the riaa, that they can never possibly find all the peeps that are sharing/trading. Winmx, irc, gnutella variations and other tools are so prolific that they could never even make a dent. It's much worse than drugs.

It's also proof that the RIAA is too wealthy and they have lawyers sitting around figuring out ways to look gainfully employed.

Gravity

 

[db]

...And that's why Hilary Rosen gave her resignation (for end of year) cuz she (and others) saw that further efforts were a futile.

 

[anxi80]

shhhh.

news groups and irc, what are those? are they some kind of hardware??!?!?

 

[0roo0roo]

shhhh!..... and lock this thread

no real usenet user would have started a thread like this:frown:

 

[anxi80]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
shhhh!..... and lock this thread

yes. seal this door. the people unfamiliar with these programs now know too much.

 

[Dedpuhl]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
shhhh!..... and lock this thread

no real usenet user would have started a thread like this:frown:

Yes. People like these are unworthy of assimilation...