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Where can I find legitimate I'm in the middle of
collecting research for a
paper that defends file
sharers and portrays the RIAA
and MPAA as money hungry
corporations with no concern
for the human condition
(thesis statement, lolz).
Unfortunately, it's a lot
harder that I thought it would
be. Could anyone point me in
the direction of some
articles, books, papers or
anything really (other than
blogs) that I could cite?
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http://ipaction.org It is a political action commitee dedicated to revamping the copyright/trademark laws in order to make it easier for people to use copyright/trademark items without paying. They probably have links to articles,papers,etc for the type of stuff your looking for. |
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What are the chances that if If the RIAA conctacts you and
says that they have tracked
you downloading illegal
movies, what are the chances
that they will sue you? A
friend of mine was contacted
by the RIAA via e-mail. Will
he get fined and/or sued?
Sorry, not the RIAA, i was
assuming that was the
organization but it actually
wasnt. Yeah my friend was
notified through Comcast that
they had recieved word from
whatever the organization was
that he had violated some law.
The letter said:
Comcast has received a
notification by a copyright
owner reporting an alleged
infringment of one or more
copyrighted works made on or
over comcasts highspeed
internet service. The works
copyrighted by the copyright
owner are: .......... comcast
reminds you that the use of
the service in any manner that
constitutes an infringement of
any copyrighted work is a
violation of comcasts
acceptable use policy and may
result in termination of your
service account.
what's going to happen to
him... anybody know?
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If it was comcast, chances are they are giving your friend a warning. If he keeps doing what he is doing the RIAA might contact him directly. What did the letter say? |
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How do you know you are caught I was just curious because
I've received a couple of
scares from my modem cutting
off thinking they are talking
with my ISP about what I'm
doing with my access to the
internet. Exactly, how do you
know if you are officially
caught by the RIAA? I'm not a
uploader, I was a downloader
before I uninstalled every
P2P, Torrent program when the
last time my modem cutted out
for abit also deleted all my
music just incase.
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They show up at your house. Basically they catch you by you downloading something from them, and they in return download something from you. That way they know you are an active downloader/uploader. They record your ISP address, get a warrant and show up at your house and you get served.... But if you delete everything from your computer in the meantime...they can't do squat. :D |
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What happened to the families I've read that the RIAA was
suing tons of families a
couple years back, but it's
difficult to dig up what
actually ended up happening.
Did these families end up on
the streets, or were they sued
only minorly? (ie, required to
pay a "smaller" amount of cash
that wouldn't necessarily put
them on the streets?)
Basically, I'm trying to
figure out if it would be safe
to say that the RIAA destroyed
many families (or if the
families could just pay off
the debt gradually or
something). Not sure how the
process of suing works on that
level.
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Most defendants have opted to settle out of court by paying "settlement fees" of around $3000.00. A few have opted to fight it out in court, some successfully, others have lost and ended up owing more. One recent interesting development is that the investigative company employed by the RIAA to examine the computers belonging to defendants are not licensed private investigators, and more and more states are requiring this. Michigan for example recently enacted this. This means that they might have a tough time getting their forensic evidence admitted in any cases there. |
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Are organizations like the Can the RIAA prosecute torrent
users in America or other
countries other than Britian
who download British movies or
music for example? Does the
RIAA or any of those other
organizations around the world
have the jurisdiction to warn,
let alone sue a p2p user not
of their country or their
country's content?
Furthermore, if you are in a
different country and download
american content... what kind
of power do those companies
have?
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There is info here, http://www.riaa.com/aboutus.ph p click the links on the left. |
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