Music Downloading & RIAA Threat

See, what I wanna know is, how they actually are planning to sue EVERYONE that downloads music, in the US alone there are at least one or two million people that pirate music, how can you sue ALL of these ppl?!?

One thing is for sure the RIAA will never shutdown the Gnutella Network, good old Limewire!

I don't believe that the RIAA's threats (if you wanna call them that) effect the Canadian people, am I wrong to assume this?

2point3L

Originally posted by 2point3l
One thing is for sure the RIAA will never shutdown the Gnutella Network, good old Limewire!

I don't believe that the RIAA's threats (if you wanna call them that) effect the Canadian people, am I wrong to assume this?

2point3L

You're wrong, on the news they said it would be suing users from the US and Canada (since a lot of our albums are released up there).

i really dont like the RIAA... plus they cant sue my ### all the way over here in the middle east :D

the RIAA can kiss my arse. those dumb packet kiddies

hey mongoos150

hahaha, no I'm on the defense because of what JamesContrades said about the RIAA and Canada. I just want every American to know that Canada is very different from the United States. Whether that be the RIAA, the judicial system or even the difference in government's, Canada does not fall under American laws, although I'm sure Canada will follow suite eventually on the whole illegal downloading issue of music. Thats all I was trying to say. Please do not take offense to this reply. I love America! :)

2point3L

Originally posted by trix
i think the RIAA should be shut down. I think its a right to download music, not all of us have the money to go out and buy every album that we want (i'm not saying i dont have the money, but i'm trying to speak for the people who dont). Instead of trying to sue people and steal money, they should figure out another way musicians can get money, i'm sure they're getting enough even if we do download music. The RIAA is just selfish if u ask me... bunch of losers...

Please take no offence, but saying they are a selfish bunch of losers is a very childish comment. The RIAA is trying to protect the rights of recording artists and their subsidiaries. No I don't condone the RIAA, (I don't really know a whole lot about them) but we do need them, or at least recording artists need them. It is not a right to be able to download music; whether you have the money to buy a cd or not. If someone cannot afford a luxury like cds, should they be handed over to them? Of course not. "Figure out another way musicians can make money"? That is how they make money! How else would they make money on the music they produce than the profits they make by selling their albums?! Anyway I am just venting because I thought that was such a poorly thought out post. All IMHO :D

Originally posted by torchedlh
wrong. about 90% of artists' money is made through touring, promotions, etc... the big music labels are selfish pigs that suck both the consumer and artist dry of everything. so, i download all my music, but pay for the concerts of my favorite bands. this way, i know most my money is going to the artist and not the ceos of music labels.

You are wrong. The money we pay for a cd gets split 20 different ways (at least). Artists make 90% of their money through record sales, I know because my friends uncle is VP of Tower Records. I have talked with him and he knows about all of this stuff. In terms of them being "selfish pigs" you need to talk with someone high in the music industry and talk with them about how record profits are split; because you are sadly mistaken.

A previous post states that 1 to 2 million people in the US use File Sharing. 1-2 million?! It is now estimated at 40 million, with thousands and thousands downloading programs like kazaa every day! Check download.com to see how many download it a week. You'll be surprised.

I mostly download hard to find techno stuff.Its hard to find good techno music on CD an lots of times there aren vinyls of them either.But the stuff the riaa is saying about brotecting the artists is bull!! I mean does madonna or shakira look pure to you?they've got millions!!Why should i pay for madonnas Ferrari eh??

what is K++? i have kazaa lite and it's great. no spyware and i think it gives you priority over other when downloading as it tells everyone i have about 100000 files. but i don't think RIAA is a threat to me as i'm not recognized as a user.

To answer the stated question very bluntly, yes I will continue to download music.

I know that downloading music from places like Kazaa or getting it off the web on bittorrent sites is technically illegal, but to put it quite simply, I don?t care. Despite what the RIAA claims, I know for a fact that I will not be sued for downloading some songs off the Internet. It?s just not reasonable. Therefore, I will give no thought to the issue and go about my ways.

Is this na?ve? Nope, I?m fully aware of what I?m doing in addition to being fully aware of the stated risks. The RIAA simply does not have the recourses to sue me because I download songs from time to time. And even if they did, do you really think they would want to? The public outcry would be deafening.

A lot of people here are making posts trying to infer their benign downloading ways due to the fact that they just download songs to check and see if they like them, or to hear long lost tunes. Do I believe this? Yea, I suppose some people are like that. But let me tell you what myself and millions of other people around the world are like in their downloading habits (really this is unnecessary because most people reading this know what I?m about to say, but what the hell, I?ll humor myself).

If I hear a song I like, or get recommended something by a friend, I go to the Internet and download it. If I like the song, I transfer it to my I-Pod so that I can always have it with me. Will I buy this bands album later? Probably not, unless they happen to be a band I like. Will I delete the song in a couple of weeks to make sure that I am not breaking the law too much? Not unless I stop liking it. Now what do I do when I hear a band I like? Well if it?s a band I really like (such as Radiohead, Juno Reactor, The Chemical Brothers and so on?) I will go to the store and buy the album.

But if I visit a friend and he lets me listen to a new album that I think is pretty good, that CD will most likely be taking a quick trip to the Burner so I can have a copy and save some money at the same time. Could I have afforded to buy it? Probably, but now I have the money for other things.

My point is? Well I guess I don?t really have a point. All I wanted to show is that I am the typical American young adult who is not afraid to admit what he really does with music. I am certain that many of you reading this do exactly the same types of things.

Does this make me a problem for the music industry? Yea, a small one. Does it make me a bad person? Nope.

Vincent19 I agree that you're unlikely to get caught, but I think you're wrong about the RIAA suing you if they do catch you. The RIAA has already sued--successfully--numerous college kids. Has there been public outcry? A little in some communities, but obviously not that much. If they do catch you, they probably will sue you, and they probably will win, becuase what you're doing is illegal and the court system recognizes that.

Note that this doesn't mean I agree that this is what the RIAA ought to be doing with their time and energy--instead, I think they ought to be working on a less outmoded and expensive distribution process, and producing better (wider variety) products--but don't live under the illusion that they wouldn't try to sue (and probably win) just because you're a small fish. You just have to rely on the low but increasing probability of being caught.

im still gonna be downloadin music... but ill be MUCH more carefull... i dunno how thoe :p probably just by cancellin uploads :p

they are not sueing even close to everyone. There are certain required steps that that the RIAA has already broken in regards to issuing a subpoena to people they wish to sue. A subpoena is something (anyone) must issue to the court and must be done before a proper law suit can be carried out. the RIAA has already failed to do this a number of times and has been called on it and they are getting into some trouble themselves. Their idle threats of going sue happy mean nothing to the goverment, if due clause is not followed. For the whole story click HERE (http://www.zeropaid.com/news/articles/auto/08082003e.php)