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Skynet74:
[quote name=\'GS Warehouse\' date=\'Jul 21 2003, 10:41 PM\'] OK, I'm only going to say this once:
There is word that the authorities are collecting and tracking the IP addresses of all who use file-sharing services--and have the right to arrest anyone found with one of those addresses. [/quote]
There are close to 4 Million People logged onto Kazaa right now. That's not even counting the Millions of other people who use Kazaa who arn't logged on right now. Then factor in the millions of people using other File Sharing Services as well. There is no way in hell the RIAA can actually sue everyone. There isn't enough man Power in the world to even make that happen. The RIAA wants to make an example out of a select few and hope it scares the rest of us away. It will scare some away for a little while, but they will return once again. This is simply not the way to go about getting your message across.
The recording industry is trying to put out a Forest Fire with a Garden Hose. It just can't happen. The technology is here and there is no turning back. They need to do what I said a long time ago. Start putting other things in with the CD. Concert Tickets, Money Giveaways, Discounts on Band related merchandise. Things that can't be duplicated. Some kind of incentive to make people want to purchase a CD instead of downloading it.
If I was ever sued, I would Counter Sue for Millions of Dollars for stress and anguish due to such a ridiculous lawsuit. Then it's the RIAA that would be taught a lesson. You can't start suing people because they share a few files that you don't want them to. It's total nonsense. The President Of The United States will ultimately see that the RIAA is out of control. Then this whole RIAA lawsuit business will end.
John
Matt Ottinger:
--- Quote ---If I was ever sued, I would Counter Sue for Millions of Dollars for stress and anguish due to such a ridiculous lawsuit. Then it's the RIAA that would be taught a lesson. You can't start suing people because they share a few files that you don't want them to. It's total nonsense.
--- End quote ---
Umm, no. While your analogy of putting out a forest fire with a garden hose is a very good one, the simple fact is that \"sharing\" copyrighted files that you didn't pay for is an illegal thing to do. Against the law. In violation of federal statutes.
Sure, they'll never catch everybody, but the police don't catch every purse snatcher either. That doesn't mean that the ones they DO catch are any less guilty. The recording industry's biggest problem is that they let this go for so long without addressing it seriously that there are lots of folks like you who believe that just because you are *capable* of doing this illegal thing, and that you've been doing it for so long, that you therefore have a *right* to do this illegal thing. Not so.
Think of it as driving on the interstate. Your car is capable of going very, very fast. If you go very, very fast only once in a while, or if you consistantly go just a little over the speed limit, you're breaking the law but you're probably going to get away with it. And people do that all the time too. But if you flagrantly drive any speed you want any time you want, just because your car is capable of doing that, at some point you're going to get yourself in trouble.
GS Warehouse:
[quote name=\'Brandon Brooks\' date=\'Jul 21 2003, 11:25 PM\']
--- Quote ---Some of us (me included) have unlicensed versions of game shows on our websites.
--- End quote ---
That's why you should put a disclaimer on your site. [/quote]
FYI, I do. In the individual game pages and the documentation for each, I clearly state the trademark information and add \"No challenge to ownership is nor will ever be implied.\"
And based on those flaming replies above, that's the last time I rant without SPF-infinity sunblock. Anybody got a couple tons of ice?
Robair:
[quote name=\'Dan Sadro\' date=\'Jul 20 2003, 09:21 PM\'] [quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jul 20 2003, 08:20 PM\'] does anyone know where on the internet i can find an mp3 or something of the Press Your Luck prize music? [/quote]
Does anyone know of a thread regarding game show theme collecting that doesn't turn into a huge list of mostly irrational wants of which have been expressed time and time again by an ever-growing group of people?
Just saying... [/quote]
Good guess, Dan, but wrong.
The correct answer was \"a thread regarding game show themes that doesn't turn into a debate over the legality of Internet file-sharing\".
The one you're thinking about will pop up next week, guaranteed.
Kevin Prather:
[quote name=\'Brandon Brooks\' date=\'Jul 21 2003, 11:25 PM\'] Heck, if Dilbert creator Scott Adams knows about my site I'm in trouble, because it uses his catch phrase "whenever I feel like it" more than once. [/quote]
That's absolutely not true. Words are WAY to commonly used to be copyrighted. That's just like saying i can copyright the word \"refrigerator\", and sue anybody who uses it. it'd never work.
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