# "Illegal Music Downloads" **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [February 21, 2004, 7:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/illegal-music-downloads/102278 "2004-02-21T19:12:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![morse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbce88/32.png) [@morse](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/morse)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 7:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/illegal-music-downloads/102278/1 "2004-02-21T19:12:26Z")
Check this out. I just got this email: > Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 19:24:50 -0600 > From: Jay Roth \< [jroth@lqgen.com](mailto:jroth@lqgen.com) \> > To: [himself@morsedesigns.com](mailto:himself@morsedesigns.com) > Subject: Bureau of Entertainment Executive Rights Case No.: RG38751 > Illegal Music Downloads Bureau of Entertainment Executive Rights 2/20/2004 7:24:50 PM Reed Morse LAN No.: #4B-13XC4798220 Computer ID: HP9810-XK-Q63 Case No.: RG38751 Mr. Morse, Recent documents received by this bureau indicate you have been involved in the unauthorized downloading and transferring of licensed music. Federal laws mandate that you immediately cease and desist all illegal activities pertaining to music theft. Further, you are required by law to pay all incurred penalties in conjunction with Amendment 34-C, officially passed on March 10, 2003. In accordance with state jurisdictions, your failure to pay these penalties in full within 30 days of receipt of this notice will result in a warrant for your arrest. We are also required by law to inform you that a second offense will result in a minimum jail sentence of 90 days. Penalties incurred in your particular case may be reviewed on our government Web site. All cases are deemed confidential. Penalties are assessed by each individual download, charged at a nonnegotiable rate of $1,200 per infraction. Click your specific case number (Case No.: RG38751) [Animation, Celebrity News, Cartoons, Games, Personality Quiz | Liquid Generation](http://www.liquidgeneration.com/riaa.aspx?pqkxr2cg8bhlp9gi) to view the total amount due or to dispute your case. Sincerely, Jay Roth U.S. Agent Bureau of Entertainment Executive Rights Case No.: RG38751 Interesting, scared me for a sec. Then I realized that the email wasn’t from a .gov, and i decided to check out [www.lqgen.com](http://www.lqgen.com). Obviously not a government organization. So then I performed a google search on “Bureau of Entertainment Executive Rights.” No such thing. Stupid joke. But I can see how many people could buy it… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 7:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/illegal-music-downloads/102278/2 "2004-02-21T19:19:40Z")
at least it was just a joke and not a scam. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/illegal-music-downloads/102278/3 "2004-02-21T19:20:42Z")
first thing I looked at… learn this lesson well Morse… there will be tons more of these, and most will not be so easily debunked… Rev ![](http://aulman.com/rev.gif) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 8:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/illegal-music-downloads/102278/4 "2004-02-21T20:41:40Z")
I wonder if anybody will fess up and pay 30,000 to a non-goverment agency? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 9:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/illegal-music-downloads/102278/5 "2004-02-21T21:34:55Z")
lol i am going to send some to 😛 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/illegal-music-downloads/102278/6 "2004-02-21T21:53:30Z")
> Then I realized that the email wasn’t from a .gov, and i decided to check out [www.lqgen.com](http://www.lqgen.com). Obviously not a government organization. So then I performed a google search on “Bureau of Entertainment Executive Rights.” No such thing. Would you have clicked the link provided in the mail you would have known right away that this was a joke: [Animation, Celebrity News, Cartoons, Games, Personality Quiz | Liquid Generation](http://www.liquidgeneration.com/riaa.aspx?pqkxr2cg8bhlp9gi) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 9:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/illegal-music-downloads/102278/7 "2004-02-21T21:57:13Z")
True, however, they generally record who goes to those links, hence they would know that I looked at their email, resulting in them sending me more. A while later I did look at the link, noticed the “sabotage” in the address bar… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 6:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/illegal-music-downloads/102278/8 "2004-02-23T06:29:11Z")
I knew it was a joke right away looking at the domain [lqgen.com](http://lqgen.com). Those guys are crazy 😃 Nice joke :}