Kazaa users... I sure hope your not on this list!

[Accord Man]

http://www.techtv.com/news/culture/story/0,24195,3484600,00.html

if you are... I'd suggest calling your lawyer!

[pimpinprelude]

woo good post.. im not on there yet.. but all they have to do is trace your IP to your ISP, then to you...so its not that hard.. but i heard that it will take them 2100 years to sue every body that uses kazza.... so what ever.. i have stoped and recomend that others do the same.. but you have a better chance of winning the lotto then getting sued...

[ShagginJet]

^^fux that and them. Plus I don't use Kazaa for music.... I use a much better app.

[mylittlecivic]

im getting my sister to delete kazza:no:

[drdingo21]

Originally posted by pimpinprelude
woo good post.. im not on there yet.. but all they have to do is trace your IP to your ISP, then to you...so its not that hard.. but i heard that it will take them 2100 years to sue every body that uses kazza.... so what ever.. i have stoped and recomend that others do the same.. but you have a better chance of winning the lotto then getting sued... that is incorrect. the RIAA isn't planning on all the cases to go to court. Most will be settled out of court, because if you get pegged, thats it. There is not getting out of it. Period.

They are trying to make an example out of a couple of people, the heavy sharers. If they download from you, then you will get a supena, and if you do there is not fighting it. Will actually you can go to court and fight it all you want, but you will lose, with out a doubt.

They have both the money and the power to pull this off, its not a question of rather or not they can, its if they follow thorugh with it. They will never completly get rid of file sharing, but this will certinly take a bite out of it.

There is currently no way to combat this. Like what Abit it trying to market (a motherboard maker) They are saying that their motherboards encrypt the data on you computer. This will not work because when someone downloads the file it will be decrpted. So that is flawed.

They are also trying to ban knowen RIAA IPs from P2P networks, this also will not work because the RIAA isn't bound to a certin IP like most home users are. Once the RIAA figures out that IP is dead, they can easily switch to a new one. So that is flawed also.

There is also talk about getting a private network up and running, Which would work for a short time, but no matter how tight you try to keep the security sooner or later there would be a spy, or someone would get caught and turnover on everyone in that network.




^^fux that and them. Plus I don't use Kazaa for music.... I use a much better app. heh. That means nothing. The p2p software connect to 3 major networks. Gnutella network, Grokster is another. If what ever software you think is better uses any of those networks, then your at risk. If they download a file from you then enjoy the fines. They have handed out over 900 subpoenas so far.

And the couple of cases i have seen settled out of court, are settling for around 10k.

[pdiggitydogg]

oo missed the list...booya

[Duckydos]

Ohh oh, LilHunkie1480 better watch out!

[thermal]

www.k_lite.tk_Kazaa_Lite@Kazaa who ever this is, mutha' is always on dowloading all kinds of stuff from me. My shared files is now empty.......

[Kyle]

can they search you if you have kazaa lite>

[pdiggitydogg]

yep
i used k-lite for awhile

it puts a worm on your IE...cant delete it either...so im going to have to reformat soon...AGAIN

[ebpda9]

heh i went ahead and checked my ip, althou i didn't use kazaa in ages. :o why the hell did i check my ip ?

[juvenile]

Originally posted by thermalfi'd16
www.k_lite.tk_Kazaa_Lite@Kazaa who ever this is, mutha' is always on dowloading all kinds of stuff from me. My shared files is now empty.......

I think that's a common username for most people who use Kazaa light and don't register a username. Mine was something similar but some parts where different.

Originally posted by pdiggitydogg
yep
i used k-lite for awhile

it puts a worm on your IE...cant delete it either...so im going to have to reformat soon...AGAIN
I thought it was Kazaa that had a worm, not Kazaa light. The reason light was released was due to the spyware and worm being taken off of it.

[HndaTch627]

w00t w00t, not on the list, i haven't used the software in a good 5 months though.

Jeremy

[HndaTch627]

w00t w00t, not on the list, i haven't used the software in a good 5 months though.

Jeremy

[CD5Passion]

great post, I'll have to forward that page to my friend who uses Kazaa, i actually warned him about a week ago about the possibility of being fined and he was like ".....damn" anyways thanks for the info

p.s. I dont use Kazaa w00t w00t

[JamieS697]

i dld like crazy i seen this post and checked so far nothing but i dumped everything on my comp. cant pay those kinda fines

[mylittlecivic]

what if you're underaged? i need to tel my sister to get kazzaa off her computer will that do anythig if she deletes it?

[drdingo21]

Originally posted by mylittlecivic
what if you're underaged? i need to tel my sister to get kazzaa off her computer will that do anythig if she deletes it? If your under age then they nail your parents. But right now the RIAA is only going after the big file sharers. They are trying to cut off the source, because if noone is sharing, then there is nothing to download. But it could change in the future and they might start nailing people who download also.

[JamieS697]

but are we talking like 2,000 file holders or 2million because i was up to probably 2,500 and seeing this scared me because i always had atleast ten downloading from me

[Wren57]

heh, the solution to this is VERY simple... download the files from kazaa into your shared folder... once they are downloaded, copy the files and paste them into a folder you are not sharing and does not have anything kazaa related in the folder path... then delete the files from your shared folder... kazaa records the files have been deleted, are no longer being shared (because they are deleted), and you still have all your music;)

[97CivicBoy]

wait so what does all this mean..i'm scared... i hjavent used kazaa in about a month..what am i supposed to do now..and what other music programs are there...help!?