Riaa Sucks

Computers & Internet Forum

Threatning people with lawsuits I don't think will have a lot of impact in people, because most of them quite frankly don't give a damn about what RIAA says or MPAA says. Even though people are being suied for downloading music on the net eventually they will lose this war because they cannot go through millions of people and suing them for money that they lost.
Also most of these users who download are also costumers so just think about how much business will go down for the music industry when millions of fans are threatened from the RIAA(and the artists who joined the so called MUSIC campaign) and millions of fans stop buying their products.


RIAA SUCKS BIG TIME

HAVE YOU STOPPED DOWNLOADING BECAUSE OF THE THREATS RIAA MADE TO MILLIONS OF PEOPLE???????????????????????????

I haven't stopped downloading--but downloading isn't the chief concern that the RIAA is looking for. Actually, the way that it's going the RIAA is targeting people who UPLOAD "sustantial" amounts of files. The RIAA is getting on the case of people who DISTRIBUTE material, and so far nothing about people who download (as of yet--this could change).

In another words, this means start taking things out of your "shared folder" and start being a leech. What I've done is I've taken out all of the copyright songs/vids and put it in a folder on my desktop that it not shared, but I've left other things in there like anime songs/vids.

RIAA stands for recording-industries-association of America, so it mainly deals with copyright songs of American artists, and not so much with foreign/international material.

This means that you should be careful what you share, and when you do share, make sure that you share a minimal amount of copyrighted material to be safe. Also, don't share too much, because supposedly the more you share, the more the RIAA will come after you because it's more noticeable.

I really hate taking things out of my "shared folder" and not sharing, but what it comes down to is that I don't want a law suit on my hands.

The RIAA can't get all of us, but for those of us that are pursued, there's a hefty fine.

Just some friendly advice for a fellow file-sharer ^_^

Be cautious what you share!