RIAA sues 12-year-old girl

[JameO]

Also about this but some people are saying that people are being sued in Canada now. I know about the law and what not but I thought they couldn't in Canada right? On the news I heard that few people are starting to get sued in Canada.

[Reznorite420]

Originally Posted by ~~Raphael~~

Also about this but some people are saying that people are being sued in Canada now. I know about the law and what not but I thought they couldn't in Canada right? On the news I heard that few people are starting to get sued in Canada.

And I thought conersative politicians like Dubya were the only ones who threw the meaning of "soevereign" out the window...

[Tetsu Deinonychus]

Originally Posted by Billy the Kid

The RIAA must obtain court orders before they can hack into someone's computer. This is usually done during the discovery phase of the suit, when they are gathering evidence.

Also I have noticed that the RIAA is being very selective with whom they decide to sue, namely people who generally don't have the resources to fight back (such as students).

I imagine this is because they don't want someone counter suing them and performing some aggressive discovery of their own. No telling what skeletons are in the RIAA's closet.

I'll bet they've got plenty!!!
And, yeah I've noticed that they're picking on the weak and helpless, and there's a word for people who do that: Bully!

I wonder if there's any way to get in touch with this girl's parents, so maybe someone could work out an internet collection plate of sorts. With, the sheer amount of downloaders on the internet, each one knowing they might be next if this happens the way RIAA wants it to. It would be astounding if they'd each chip in a buck or two so the girl and her parents can afford some kind of vicious expensive expert lawyer!

Then RIAA's strategy would blow up in their faces!

[HorseTechie]

Originally Posted by TetsuDeinonychus

Where can I get this wonderful wonderful program called Ad Aware? (and K-Lite while we're at it.)

Side note of warning, when using this program: It can also pick out important files you need to keep your Windows operating system functional. So make sure you unselect those before you quarantine (don't delete) the buggy files.

My hubby royally slagged our home PC cuase he didn't check them over, and then he deleted them all. Glah, I had to pretty much reformat the whole thing over again.

GK: Thanks for the input. I will tell hubby to loose the iMesh too now, and then look into getting this K-Lite instead. He's the one obessed with downloading music more. The most I download anymore are songs I can't find in stores, and cartoon episodes from Mirc.

I have heard from someone that eDonkey was not on RIAA's hit list cause the program is European. Does it matter where the program orginates and hooks up with? Hubby also has a Korean file share, called Soribada, that's hooked up with mostly Korean users too. We had eDonkey for a little bit, but it came with so much ad-ware plug-ins, it seriously was slowing down our PC's processes.

[Tetsu Deinonychus]

Thanks for the heads-up HT!

I'd be interested to know where your husband got his Korean File-sharing program. That sounds cool.

[Cascadia]

Thank you HT.

[GK Punk]

Originally Posted by HorseTechie

Side note of warning, when using this program: It can also pick out important files you need to keep your Windows operating system functional. So make sure you unselect those before you quarantine (don't delete) the buggy files.

My hubby royally slagged our home PC cuase he didn't check them over, and then he deleted them all. Glah, I had to pretty much reformat the whole thing over again.

GK: Thanks for the input. I will tell hubby to loose the iMesh too now, and then look into getting this K-Lite instead. He's the one obessed with downloading music more. The most I download anymore are songs I can't find in stores, and cartoon episodes from Mirc.

I have heard from someone that eDonkey was not on RIAA's hit list cause the program is European. Does it matter where the program orginates and hooks up with? Hubby also has a Korean file share, called Soribada, that's hooked up with mostly Korean users too. We had eDonkey for a little bit, but it came with so much ad-ware plug-ins, it seriously was slowing down our PC's processes.

I could see how they wouldn't go after the European or Korean ones, Im not sure how much power the RIAA has over other countries. (Probably none).

Just remember to tell him after getting K-Lite (you can PM me if you need the link, HT) To go in to the options and block banned IPs (the RIAA is a banned IP) And to disable file sharing, or just move all MP3s in to a different folder immiedietly after download.

[Cascadia]

here, they jump over college students too. Just a little bit of info.