RIAA Obtains Subpoenas Against File Swappers

SniperPuppy writes "Fox News is reporting that the RIAA has secured 871 subpoenas against suspected file swappers, with 75 more being approved each day. Between this, and the latest versions of FreeNet and Kazaa Lite being released, will technology be able to keep traders away from court?" Apparently, just suing the "major offenders" wasn't enough of a warning shot, so now they're going after people who share as few as eight songs. Wait until the RIAA discovers all the stuff that gets posted to Usenet!

Shhh!

[Anonymous Coward]

You want them to know about Usenet???

Fine

[conteXXt]

but leave IRC for the rest of us

Anyone living abroad

[Trigun]

Preferably on a small, non-US influenced island someplace warm?
Want to let a room?

Fine.

[Valar]

If you're going to act like that, see if I ever pirate your music again.

Re:Shhh!

[AndroidCat]

Don't worry, they'll think it's that GoogleGroups web page thing. And I'm not joking.

Might not be so bad...

[n0nsensical]

Many of the subpoenas reviewed by the AP identified songs from the same few artists, including Avril Lavigne, Snoop Dogg and Michael Jackson.

Well, if they're going to go after people sharing that kind of crap, they can do it all they want for all I care. :-)

Keep trying...

[DJ Rubbie]

871 down, ~40 000 000 to go...

Evil warez doodz!

[anttik]

... known online by nicknames such as "fox3j," "soccerdog33," "clover77" or "indepunk74."

Yes! Finally those famous warez bastardz will be sued and brought down!

I laughed when I read this

[cecil36]

I can't wait for the RIAA to go after all the trading on Usenet. Next thing the RIAA will know is that they are broke, and the lawyers will be demanding their next payment.

My neighbors

[Anonymous Coward]

are sure going to wish they had secured that wireless.

Re:Question

[AndroidCat]

I'll have to call bullshit on this one. (Unless you can point to some convincing source other than "some guy...".) You can make copies, yes. For your friend, no.

The question is...

[Anonymous Coward]

Will it be in that order? They might be necrophiliacs.

Re:Question

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that there isn't a single person on this website who has 10 friends, let alone 1,000.

Pay for the damned music you sneak thief!

[HanzoSan]

Stop stealing the RIAA's profits and pay their damn tax!

You arent from Boston like me, so you dont get a teaparty.

Stop being a crybaby and pay for the damned music.

[HanzoSan]

You are robbing millions of musicians who wouldnt make a penny before you started stealing music.

You are robbing rich CEOs who desperately need your money to buy their new set of houses and car collection

You are robbing millions of tax payers who will be forced to bailout the RIAA when the RIAA forces Bush to give them 20-30 billion dollars of your tax dollars.

Just give them the money. Or do you want them to steal it?

Re:Germany is not a good idea

[TheTimoo]

what do you mean "NO GIRLS" ??? we will be able to access those jpegs through the sat link as we do now. I don't see the difference *puzzled*

Re:Pay the EFF now, or Pay the RIAA later.

[koko775]

Because everyone really wants to EFF the RIAA up. :)

(don't kill me for the bad pun please)

Re:Shhh!

[Fred IV]

The first rule of fight club is: You do not talk about fight club
The second rule of fight club is: You DO NOT TALK about fight club.

Re:How about Aruba?

[Trigun]

I don't think that the U.S. would ruin a nation's economy just because of little old me.

They'd probably just stick me in Guantanamo for musical terrorism.

Re:So what's the problem?

[Anonymous Coward]

If you don't want to follow our laws, don't send your files here.

Re:Stop being a crybaby and pay for the damned mus

[meta-monkey]

When a dog barks at me, I don't bark back.