The RIAA hit list part 1 of several..

[Guest MarvinisaLunatic]

Tech TV article

 

Following is a list of the first user names from our review of the subpoenas.

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www.k_lite.tk_Kazaa_Lite@Kazaa

 

Isn't that the default name given when someone uses Kazaa lite? Are they going after everyone who uses it possibly? Or are they just too stupid to figure out that that name is used by probably thousands of people. My vote goes for the later.

[Guest razazteca]

Its just a threat to scare all users of K-Lite.

 

munkeyspanker21@Kazaa is my favorite user name on the list.

[Guest MarvinisaLunatic]

Someone should signup as fucktheriaa but not share anything.

 

And its a bit more than a threat considering that the subpoena has been filed against that user name.

[Guest Youth N Asia]

Can they still get you if you turn sharing off for the music files?

[Guest Eagan469]

Can they still get you if you turn sharing off for the music files?

who knows - if I get sued I'm just reformatting my hard drive and playing dumb

[Guest Eagan469]

www.k_lite.tk_Kazaa_Lite@Kazaa

 

Isn't that the default name given when someone uses Kazaa lite? Are they going after everyone who uses it possibly? Or are they just too stupid to figure out that that name is used by probably thousands of people. My vote goes for the later.

The default name in the latest version I posted is

 

Username: http://www.kazaalite.tk

E-Mail: [email protected]

[Guest DrTom]

My MP3s are on my second hard drive, so if I get sued (I don't share music files, so I doubt I will), I'll reformat it, then do the DOD wipe on it. Then I'll restore all my non-MP3 data (after ghosting the whole drive, including MP3s), and do the reformat/wipe combo again. Then I'll challenge those bitches to find anything that's left.

[Guest The Metal Maniac]

Can they still get you if you turn sharing off for the music files?

 

I think that what they're trying to do here is scare the shit out of everyone, so that everyone's like "If I turn off sharing, they can't get me!" and then no one shares, and thus, Kazaa is dead.

 

My question is this: How does this affect people who live outside of the United States? I mean, I would assume American law doesn't affect people who don't live there, unless they feel like extraditing (which I may have spelled terribly wrong) people.

 

Am I close, or way off base?

[Guest Insane Bump Machine]

My question is this: How does this affect people who live outside of the United States? I mean, I would assume American law doesn't affect people who don't live there, unless they feel like extraditing (which I may have spelled terribly wrong) people.

 

Am I close, or way off base?

It all depends on the laws of each individual country. ISPs giving out the identities of their users via their IP would be illegal in Germany, for example.

[Guest Choken One]

Wellllll...Maybe this explains what happened to my Computer...

 

DAMN YOU RIAA!

[Guest MrRant]

My MP3s are on my second hard drive, so if I get sued (I don't share music files, so I doubt I will), I'll reformat it, then do the DOD wipe on it. Then I'll restore all my non-MP3 data (after ghosting the whole drive, including MP3s), and do the reformat/wipe combo again. Then I'll challenge those bitches to find anything that's left.

They won't sue... they will just send us a letter and then we shut down your account until you delete everything.

 

Maybe I'll get to do it to you.

[rising up out of the back seat-nuh 0]

My question is this: How does this affect people who live outside of the United States? I mean, I would assume American law doesn't affect people who don't live there, unless they feel like extraditing (which I may have spelled terribly wrong) people.

 

Am I close, or way off base?

As far as I know, the RIAA is only responsible for music in America. Outside of there, they have no jurisdiction.

 

And MrRant, who do you work for?

[Guest Retro Rob]

Are the RIAA focusing solely on Kazaa? Because isn't Morpheus also a relatively popular P2P?

[Guest Insane Bump Machine]

Are the RIAA focusing solely on Kazaa? Because isn't Morpheus also a relatively popular P2P?

Morpheus is based on the same network as Kazaa (fasttrack). I guess they'll try to cover the whole network.

 

But it won't work anyway, there are already plenty of other P2P clients out there just waiting for frustrated Kazaa users.

[Guest Retro Rob]

But it won't work anyway, there are already plenty of other P2P clients out there just waiting for frustrated Kazaa users.

Exactly. This will be just like the Napster situation.

[Guest Choken One]

Are the RIAA focusing solely on Kazaa?  Because isn't Morpheus also a relatively popular P2P?

Morpheus is based on the same network as Kazaa (fasttrack). I guess they'll try to cover the whole network.

 

But it won't work anyway, there are already plenty of other P2P clients out there just waiting for frustrated Kazaa users.

What about Imesh? Is that in the same area?

[Guest Insane Bump Machine]

What about Imesh? Is that in the same area?

I don't know, haven't used Imesh in ages. I use Emule to download big files and Kazaa Lite for smaller stuff.

[Guest MarvinisaLunatic]

http://www.eff.org/IP/P2P/riaasubpoenas/

 

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has a page up so you can search user names (and IP Adresses soon..) to see if they match a subpoena issued by the RIAA.

 

they also have a somewhat obvious guide on how to not get sued by the RIAA.

[Guest The Old Me]

Good thing I don't use Kazaa.

 

 

I'd use WINMX for Mp3's from now on. Work's great for me.