Filesharing Up 10% After RIAA Threatens Users

Moldy-Rutabaga writes "Technews says filesharing has gone up 10% on some sites such as Grokster since the Recording Industry Association of America's announcement on June 25 that it will start tracking down and suing users of file-sharing programs. Wayne Rosso, president of Grokster, commented 'even genocidal litigation can't stop file sharers'."

Re:Anecdotal Evidence - not so good

[Fletch]

he had heard about the threat of lawsuits, and decided to quickly install Bearshare, download all the songs he wanted and then uninstall it.

Was that before or after he ran out and bought all the lottery tickets he could afford, because he heard someone was going to win it?

Effect due to...

[drquizas]

96% or so (+/- a couple due to frequency distribution) of file-swapping system users realizing that their last names do not start with 'A'

my parents are spooked...

[wo1verin3]

they decided to print out the article and come have a serious talk, and how I should realize filesharing is wrong.

you know when your non-technical parents get it on the action, one of two things:

1) my parents are androids from the future sent by the evil RIAA
2) this is more of a marketing campaign then anything...

VISIT http://www.napsterbits.com for the hillarious adventures of the napster kittyhead!

Re:How?

[Alien Being]

I can just see some poor bastard trying to serve papers to Heywood Jablome.

Re:Anecdotal Evidence - not so good

[cervo]

Actually the fact that hearing the threat of lawsuits he still decided to install Bearshare certainly says something about human psychology. If you tell a person that they cannot do something, they are almost certainly going to try to do it.

It was true with Napster. I know I didn't care for it at first, but after hearing about the legal issues and such and that you were not supposed to be using napster suddenly I couldn't resist. And it is true that all the legal problems of Napster actually increased the user base.

So Microsoft, whatever you do, do NOT fix all of the bugs in windows!!!

Re:Anecdotal Evidence - not so good

[AndroidCat]

Okay, so he's installed Bearshare, he's downloading all the songs he wanted. Let us know when he finally uninstalls it, m'kay?

Re:How?

[gilesjuk]

For the most part yes, unless they themselves share bogus music files and record who downloads them.

Re:Lazy RIAA

[Gunsmithy]

You'll take my Redhat from me when you pry it from my cold, dead hands!

COME GET SOME, COPPERS!

Re:New P2P

[carpe_noctem]

I would, but I can't see anything on their webpage, because apparently, they believe that flash is a suitable substitute for HTML and content.

Re: Is copyright going the way of prohibition?

[Anonymous Coward]

>lobbyocracy.
You misspelled "fascism"

Re:Irony is the best sword to fall by.

[BiggerIsBetter]

Make Backup copies of your stuff like you've never done before!

Heh, yeah, OFF-SITE backup copies. Lots of them! :)

Re:Pointless Statistic

[Polo]

Also, RIAA threats have led to GLOBAL WARMING as global temperatures have also increased. (as measured in the northern hemisphere this spring)

Kazaa

[jmweeks]

I have to wonder if this has anything to do with those same users leaving Kazaa [msnbc.com], since it's pretty clear the recording industry is going to go after the most popular p2p network first.

Nah, that couldn't be it. That would mean this article is poorly-researched and misleading.

Chillean Sea Bass...

[CySurflex]

reminds me of my mom - I told her that Chillean Sea Bass is an endangered species and that restaurants that do serve it are breaking the law. Since then it's the only thing she orders whenever it's available...

Trolling up 100% after Taco threatens users

[Anonymous Coward]

Despite numerous attempts at restraining the Slashdot trolls, trolling has more than doubled here on Slashdot. Lameness filters, posting delays and two-post-per-day limits have done little to cease the posting of goatse.cx ASCII art, penis bird links, BSD is Dying articles and reminders that Michael Sims is a censoring bastard.

Just like pirating music, when you try to stop someone from doing something, it only makes them work harder to do it.

Re:New P2P

[Datasage]

I find it interesting that its based in palistine. So when will the RIAA start supporting the Isreal army to "accidentaly" target thier building?

Re:How?

[Alien Being]

"...used that name for his dog..."

That was my wife.

Re:Is copyright going the way of prohibition?

[Alien Being]

"...they definitely don't have the latter."

If only we could remember where we left the petition.

Re:Anecdotal Evidence - not so good

[Surak]

I totally did NOT click on the link. I have no idea what it said...probably some mumbo jumbo about Adam and Eve and an Apple or something... I didn't know Macs existed in Biblical times. :)

Again, I categorically deny ever clicking on the link.

Why...

[signingis]

Why why why why why why why WHY do they insist on saying that these people use the companies' websites to trade files?! Jesus fuck-me-in-the-eye Christ!! Okay, get this - I might blow some of your minds here but hang on, the payoff is worth it. They use this little thing (which they happen to get from the website) called (are you ready?) an application. Mmkay? They use the application to do this actual trading. Yes, Kazaa is a program (a different word for application), not a website. Uh huh. Napster was a program too and, again, not a website. Go forth with this newfound knowledge and unfuck yourselves... morons... ack!

Re:How?

[Tingler]

Time to install a wireless NIC card into my laptop. I can download some cool songs & send my neighbors up the river at the same time! Once they are all sent to prison, I'll get a much better parking spot next to my house.

Re:How?

[Gta-Klue]

1. Initiate a download.
2. Do a netstat.
3. Write down IP address and date/time.
4. Contact ISP and request user information after providing IP address

You forgot:
5. Sue offending user
6. ???
7. PROFIT!


;) hehehe

Re:Anecdotal Evidence - not so good

[Jonavin]

Is that the same as "Do not mod me +5 Funny" on slashdot?

ObSimpsonsQuote for the RIAA

[mraymer]

Nelson: Ha, Ha!

Re:Anecdotal Evidence - not so good

[compwiz3688]

See? It's working already, although you should change it to "Do not mod me as funny". Maybe I should add that to my sig ;)

Re:Anecdotal Evidence - not so good

[M1FCJ]

Reminds me of a login page on my old BBS board page where it told people to hit ALT-H (which was the disconnect command in many terminal apps). I never wanted to serve such idiots in any case... Also I had variants of an ANSI boot page (which resulted in many idiots believing OS/2 installing on their own PCs...)

It was fun...

Re:Anecdotal Evidence - not so good

[Anonymous Coward]

I was speaking to a lay-person friend of mine last weekend...

What are you, a priest?

Re:Anecdotal Evidence - not so good

[compwiz3688]

Reminds me of a login page on my old BBS board page where it told people to hit ALT-H

That also reminds me of an IRC command that experienced people tell to newbies: /join #2,000
I don't know exactly how, but what it really does is leave all currently joined channel instead of joining that #2,000 channel.

There are also things like "If you want to get [something, say Jeri Ryan's nude pics] type Alt-F4" or Alt-FAX. Funny as hell when people started leaving the channel or quitting the server when that message appears.

Re:How?

[Anonymous Coward]

But how will you get to the RIAA's website?

Oh that's right, it's never up anyway.

Re:How?

[dbc001]

To: RIAA Legal Team

Re: The Letter you sent

Dear Sirs:
I received the letter you sent regarding alleged copyright violations on my computer. I have taken my computer in to a technician to be checked, as I believe that my computer may have been "hacked", as I was unaware of any such files residing on my computer. I will be glad to forward contact information for the technician that I sent my computer to so that you can verify that no such activity has taken place. Feel free to contact me by phone at (XXX) XXX-XXXX if you have further questions.

Sincerely,

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