Gryph Posted May 4, 2004 Share Posted May 4, 2004 (edited) I just saw this letter on Slashdot just now and was wondering if any of you have gotten such letters. Have you been intimidated by these brutes or still stand strong? I find it a bit creepy that they can pinpoint the exact file and crap that you're getting. I wouldn't say I'm spooked, but if I got a letter like that, I'd lock all the doors, board up all the windows, and hide under my bed. The MPAA and RIAA would send their ninjas (crappy ninjas since they work for the 3vil) to kill me. EDIT: flock, I misspelled America...can one of the mods fix it, please. Edited May 4, 2004 by GryphonKlaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the mystical fighter Posted May 4, 2004 Share Posted May 4, 2004 that would be scary recieving a letter like that, even though i dont live in usa it still could happen to me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diso Posted May 4, 2004 Share Posted May 4, 2004 Its called remixes. Can't really get in trouble for those lol The RIAA is scary. but you probably won't get in trouble as much if you only have a few songs. They'll just tell you to delete them and fine you a couple hundred dollars. Now those guys with tons of gigs of music will get charged A LOT!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken_cinder Posted May 4, 2004 Share Posted May 4, 2004 I live in Canada, where the equivalent of the RIAA was PIMP SLAPPED by the courts and told they can't force ISPs to divulge information or anything of the sort.I feared not 6 months ago, I fear not now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverlordMondo Posted May 4, 2004 Share Posted May 4, 2004 Pack your bags kids we're moving to Canada. I was in Canada once, someone wrote "America Sucks" on the ground.Just another reason to move to Canada! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntiWinner22 Posted May 4, 2004 Share Posted May 4, 2004 I ain't scared of the RIAA... I don't share anything of importance to them (i only share roms and stuff). The scary thing I find in this letter is that they caught the user from using BitTorrent... then again, this user might also be not firewalled Anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryph Posted May 4, 2004 Author Share Posted May 4, 2004 The scary thing I find in this letter is that they caught the user from using BitTorrent... then again, this user might also be not firewalled Yeah, that's the part I found rather unsettling. I guess the MPAA has started monitoring BitTorrent since they know thats where a lot of action is going on. I need to download a firewall, which one do you guys use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weirdy Posted May 4, 2004 Share Posted May 4, 2004 if it's for musik, then I don't think I'll get in trouble cause SBC won against the RIAA in court...so...idk if it also goes for the mpaa though.... *wonders where Violence and Magnis are* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jitx Posted May 4, 2004 Share Posted May 4, 2004 I use Zone Alarm and Peer Guardian. As for the RIAA, the main way they were catching people before is that they had a list of songs (using kazaa as an example), would search for the songs, find someone with them, and use the More from the user option to see what you had. ANd if you had enough songs and were unlucky, they got your IP, found out who you were, etc etc. Thats why kazaalite changed it to to hide your IP. With Bittorrent it would be rediculously easy to to catch people. They could host their on tracker if they wanted to, and that way they could get IP's easily. And most Torrent programs let you see the IP of the people you are Dl'ing and Up'ing to, so same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prican25 Posted May 4, 2004 Share Posted May 4, 2004 (edited) Thats why kazaalite changed it to to hide hide your IPnot only that but you can select not to share and not show your list my vote is No, most of my music collections come from using mirc Edited May 4, 2004 by Prican25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agozer Posted May 4, 2004 Share Posted May 4, 2004 RIAA seems to be as paranoid as Nintendo when it comes to copyrighted material...You guys can move to Canada, I'm staying here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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