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Watch you music downloads - companies havent started the battle

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Ryno
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Looks like downloading ANY music on university networks right now in the states can get you in some serious debt (7 bucks a song). The companies are going out and starting to sue university students. Check it all out in the link below.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18644781/wid/11915829?GT1=9951

iTunes Store might suddenly become more popular...
May 14 2007 8:47PM
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hollygrove
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Holy wow.
But yeah, I've always liekd the iTunes store too. Cause when you think about it, only 9.99 for a cd which would normally cost 15-20 bucks.
May 14 2007 8:50PM
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Jake...
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your*?
May 14 2007 8:50PM
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-+Siver+-
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ouch that is why canada is sick, but we are starting to get worse
May 14 2007 8:53PM
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pns513
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use iTunes. better than 7 bucks a song
May 14 2007 8:54PM
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Gavajabra2
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Well I have 1,000 songs so that'd be 7 grand.
May 14 2007 8:55PM
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dozerr
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can you get caught with torrents ?
May 14 2007 9:00PM
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flyinghighagain
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yah i was just wondering about that
any one know?
May 14 2007 9:02PM
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III
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that'd be a broomstick in the bum bum.
May 14 2007 9:03PM
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flyinghighagain
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yah i read the article and it was just noobs using Ares and Limewire so hopefully torrents are safe for now
May 14 2007 9:06PM
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freezed
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yea you can...my family got a letter from NBC. my brother got caught downloading a Seinfeld torrent, hahahah. I don't think they are suing us though, they just sent a warning letter.

for all you at university, just use Ruckus! 
May 14 2007 9:08PM
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Joan
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well im only in 9th grade so dont gotta owrry bout the univerity collage thing, i use itunes store anyway
May 14 2007 9:09PM
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spere
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fuck that, how do they choose which people to go after? i would be so pissed if i was that guy who only downloaded 100 songs and had to pay up
May 14 2007 9:10PM
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0123456789
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haha thats mad funny casue now universitie students get like free ipods and songs for going there
May 14 2007 9:24PM
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Ryno
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wow that is nutty...i download all my tv's shows because i dont have a decent tv to watch em on...fack
May 14 2007 10:08PM
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lushlaxstr
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damn..
May 14 2007 10:08PM
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mad_540_trix
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haha word for living in canada.
May 14 2007 11:27PM
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eheath
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By saying downloading music is illegal is saying that letting a friend borrow your cd is illegal. They shouldn't be sueing the students, but the creators of the p2p programs...
May 14 2007 11:39PM
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Nicholas.
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thats true, but i think i might start buying some music from the more underground artists i listen to so they make more good stuff to listen to.
May 14 2007 11:45PM
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EnemySki
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Well there is nothing wrong with letting a friend borrow your CD because once you pay for that item it is yours and you can do what you want to with it.
May 14 2007 11:48PM
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Quinn
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Yea...well I've shared about a million CD's with my cyber friends. Still legal? They're my real friends! I mean seriously they are! ...I think anal penetration by the record company would ensue.
May 14 2007 11:49PM
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eheath
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Yeah but SOMEONE bought the album thats on limewire...
May 14 2007 11:49PM
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unchyll
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thats what happens when you share, back in the day i got a letter from some place for downloading billy madison and it was just a warning they were gonna try to sue me 5000 dollars i guess, go fuck themselfs
May 15 2007 12:08AM
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RudyGarmisch
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The problem is that you will never be able to shut down mp3 trading. Ever. People, especially students, will always find a way around the rules and regulations, no matter what.
May 15 2007 12:30AM
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dowalibeast
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yeah i did a paper on this last year. if you physically share it, then it's okay, but when you don't physicallyy share (ie internet) then it's illegal. kind of a double standard.
May 15 2007 12:33AM
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bigwhite.steeze
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yeah i read about this in either macleans or rolling stone. guess i gotta watch it but is it only america, or am i good in canada?
May 15 2007 12:36AM
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Sdot.
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Word, I buy a lot of my "underground" music because I'm buying it directly from the artists (as in... I put my money into their paypal accounts and they ship them to me) instead of corporations.
May 15 2007 12:54AM
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WONTON
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rapidshare.com
megaupload.com
albumbase.com
May 15 2007 1:36AM
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pmills
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and http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=114916 to unprotect them
May 15 2007 1:40AM
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RudyGarmisch
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Haha, just because it hasnt been said...

"Hey you kids! Stop all the downloads!"
May 15 2007 1:53AM
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eheath
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Word.
May 15 2007 1:55AM
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Dr.Barq
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umm fuck lol, hope penn state isnt on board

but umm does albumbase.com count? anyone know?
May 15 2007 2:06AM
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Campeador
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I suppose they would go after the private college kids first, knowing they probably have the money...
May 15 2007 2:09AM
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user098123
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i have about 10,000+....ouch, guess i better slow down
May 15 2007 4:20AM
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ninjea
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interesting articule

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May 15 2007 7:08AM
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toominator
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it is legal to lend a cd to your friend, but it is illegal for them to copy that CD in any way. When you 'share ' files on p2p or torrents you are not letting someone borrow the file, you are duplicating the file - thus it is illegal.

and for all the dudes at uni.. share your music folder so other people can get music they like. it would be hard for you to get into any trouble because you can just say that you didnt know anyone was accessing your computer and copying music from it
May 15 2007 8:38AM
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derbski
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this thread is being monitored by the FBI, your all fucked. gus kiddin ya.
But yeah that sucks, but i wonder how that one record company can sue that girl for all of her songs, cause I bet a majority of the songs she has isnt theirs
May 15 2007 9:23AM
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dowalibeast
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CLEAR YOUR SHARED FOLDERS.
(copy the songs to somewhere else)
May 16 2007 9:21PM
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da-bling
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yea all my friends in college say they're are HUGE ass fines, i think the most is in Dusquence its like 1k a song or something totally rediculous
May 16 2007 9:37PM
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Edward.
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thats so stupid. well i dont have to worry about that until four years
May 16 2007 9:40PM
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TheQuailman
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if you don't share your music can you still get caught?

what about albumbase and rapidshare and stuff?

and i think this is bullshit its like sharing a cd with your friends but on a larger scale
May 16 2007 9:53PM
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Sideways_Shane
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fuck, i hope i dont get caught my parents would get pissed!
May 16 2007 10:02PM
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Tom.
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if you download 100,000 songs, and you a minor, there is no way they are going to conivce a jury that you should pay 700,000 bucks.

it would be pretty hard to get a jury of peers to convict someone of illegal music downloading.
May 16 2007 10:12PM
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FUUUCK
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fuck the man
May 16 2007 11:11PM
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SkiMN
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My guess is that with some exceptions (see below) a pissed of company is more likely (and would be better served) to go straight to the source of the problem, so sites like bittorrent would get hit before the people would. Thats more of less a guess based on some dumb logic, I have no factual base for that statement, I just hope to god I dont get caught.
May 16 2007 11:18PM
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Dakoulas
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As long as you don't keep them in a shared music folder they cant really prove whether you downloaded it or copied it from a purchased cd. I have a ton of songs on my computer that I have copied from cds I bought.
May 16 2007 11:25PM
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jsg
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god i love canada
May 16 2007 11:34PM
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