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

[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.