Kazaa down for the count?

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Interesting news storys…

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/sv/20030626/tc_sv/musiclabelsplanwebdragnet

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030626/media_nm/media_advertising_music_dc_3

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030626/ap_en_mu/downloading_music_23

I really doubt this will work. If they are only targeting people in the US, and “large violators.” I think they have lost their heads. They are going to upset people to the point where their sales will decline more… Personally I don’t use Kazaa or the others, I never got into music enough to start. If I want to hear music I can turn on the radio. This has the potential to do some damage to some unlucky people. :frowning:

Cheers!
-Niann

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They are planning on lawsuits with damages of $750 to $150,000 per song on your system.

Ummm…I would owe like?

300 Million dollars…

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:-\

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375million over here :wink:

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I think I’m gonna have to sell my house. :sure:

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It’s pretty ridiculous… but not quite as ridiculous as saying they’re gonna destroy the PCs of people with copied software… lol? :slight_smile:

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As if they’re gonna get everybody! :stuck_out_tongue:

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Yes but you, Asphaltcowboy, living in the UK are not tageted… So keep at it! :stuck_out_tongue: Make up for the Americans who will stop. :thumb: :wink:

Cheers!
-Niann

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*Originally posted by Soul *
**As if they’re gonna get everybody! :stuck_out_tongue: **
they’re trying to make examples of a few individuals :stuck_out_tongue:

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Get everything while you can… :evil:

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“It would begin searching Internet file-sharing networks Thursday to identify music fans who offer “substantial” collections of MP3 song files for downloading. It urged users to remove popular music-sharing software or adjust program settings to prevent such downloads.”

I think they’re bluffing. How are they going to find out who people are through Kazaa?

  • Soul :s:
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they’d have to log onto Kazaa themselves! lool :slight_smile:

what I’m thinking is: what about people with firewalls? :stuck_out_tongue:

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Presumably by scanning the shared folders of the users. But if the music isn’t viewable on your HD, then how will they know?

<b>Moves all mp3’s to zip drive</b>

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starts saving for a dvd-rw :beam:

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interesting, but i really don’t think they really are gonna be able to track users… even if they did, avoiding being tracked is going to be as easy as selecting the ‘Disable sharing files with other users’ feature… I realize that it would make it harder to find files on the network, but no one’s going to get sues or will have to pay a single penny :slight_smile:

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They can burn in hell, my 2K+ songs are not moving anywhere :wink:

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Hehe… <b>Strokes DVD-RW drive</b>

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*Originally posted by ahmed *
**avoiding being tracked is going to be as easy as selecting the ‘Disable sharing files with other users’ features… **
yes… but that’s the idea… y’see… if everyone does that… no one is sharing… then who do you download from? :stuck_out_tongue:

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changes the only shared folder to an empty one :bad:

  • Soul :s:
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*Originally posted by asphaltcowboy *
**yes… but that’s the idea… y’see… if everyone does that… no one is sharing… then who do you download from? :stuck_out_tongue: **
I edited my post :wink: