Comments on: Poll: How Would You Respond to an RIAA/MPAA Warning?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:47:55 +0000

We’ve got one from our ISP in the UK alledging we seeded a nintendo ds game… and demanding that we remove it immediately. The ISP have sent us a link attached to the email on how to secure our network :)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:27:24 +0000

Frankly, I would not want to risk getting cut off from the internet. I would stop sharing music, except maybe occasionally lending an album to a friend. I would just buy my music. I mean, honestly, it’s not that expensive. My problem is that the record companies take all the money. If the artist actually got 10 bucks per CD, I would buy all my music twice over.

By: Robert

Robert — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 09:20:40 +0000

The business model that the industry is clinging to is dead. It is only a matter of time before they collapse. I would like to see the artists market and sell their work directly. The prices will come down and the compensation for the creative work will go up. The quality of the content will go up as it won’t be skewed by the deals made by the industry. There won’t be a single executive pushing the crappy new song. That will be nice.

I hate the MPAA/RIAA as much as anybody. Completely ignoring the legalities of all of the different jurisdictions, the morality of taking something that is someone else’s just isn’t right. I don’t understand how anyone above the age of 5 can’t understand the idea of ownership and rights. At 5 years old anyone knows that when another kid takes your stuff it isn’t right. Simple. Just because I have a gun doesn’t make it acceptable to use it to steal anything from the gas station down the street. Just because I have a fast download speed with my ISP doesn’t make it acceptable to take the creative works someone else owns the rights to.

I like the suggestion I read above. Boycott them and they will go away. Buy from the artists that will sell direct. Your money will speak for you and it will make the change happen.

By: pirate

pirate — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 08:13:03 +0000

i havent noticed a warning, because i dont check the email my isp sends me, but a friend of mine received an email after he downloaded ‘zoolander’ from a 3rd party (not his isp or the MPAA) and told him that if he didnt stop there would be penalties, blah blah.
point being, i’m in Canada, so currently there’s not a comprehensive law that has been passed yet that would make this criminal, but being in canada he could easily be sued. Fact is, in order to get that email at all would require the isp’s co-operation (bell canada). I’m using a vpn now because of this, but bell is using things like DPI and other techniques to throttle torrenting, i have to admit that the big guys are getting better at seeking, identifying and tracking content sharing :S

By: John

John — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:03:50 +0000

I got a C&D letter for sharing HBO shows.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:43:26 +0000

Considering I’ve gotten a warning, (Not from MPAA or RIAA) from BayTSP, I can truthfully answer this. I would certainly continue on downloading, but with more caution.

By: Mr. Briggs

Mr. Briggs — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:44:17 +0000

Zeke129: Ditto.

Of course, this is assuming I’m 18 and have access to a credit card… by then, I’d probably buy anything that cost less than $0.60 per unit anyway.

By: telstra

telstra — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:22:44 +0000

Counter sue them in court of record (common law.) There aren’t statutes in common law.

By: Matthew Wright

Matthew Wright — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:34:40 +0000

I got a couple warnings. I responded and told them to fuck off. I give them far to much money for them to try and tell me what I can and can’t do.

By: infowarrioruk

infowarrioruk — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:19:19 +0000

framed and nailed it ont the frontroom wall