so, if i'm trying to download some Prurient or Discordance Axis i'm fine....
it'll be when i jokingly go to download "invisible touch" that the
cuffs'll come on...
does anybody on the list (if such a person exists on earth) have an idea
about what the situation really is? i imagine they're going after
bootleggers directly.
it's hard not be paranoid about such things these days...
quoted 131 lines From: "josh23" <josh23@acre-c.com>
>From: "josh23" <josh23@acre-c.com>
>To: idm@hyperreal.org
>Subject: Re: [idm] limewire safety question...
>Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 11:44:14 -0700
>
>well, there was all of the hoopla a few years ago with the lawsuits and
>whatnot but i don't know what's going on with that anymore, the public lost
>interest. i think you just get a court ordered summons to go get picked on
>by riaa people. they surround you and poke you with sticks until you say
>you're sorry, then they demand 20 grand or something. or not, i don't know
>anymore. the thing is, with most of the music that...umm...nerds like all
>of
>us listen to, we're not going to run into trouble with filesharing because
>most of the music we are into is not in the riaa umbrella. so unless the
>particular artist or label comes after you you are pretty much in the clear
>i figure.
>
>thoughts? and i'm not saying thoughts about the pros and cons of file
>sharing, we all know that tired old argument and everyone is going to do
>what they want.
>
>joshua.
>
>On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 13:53:59 -0400, nat hawks wrote
> > yes, i've downloaded thousands of tracks from limewire, but i also
> > buy a lot of music and pay to see a lot of shows... lets not get
> > into that (i think we can hopefully all agree that filesharing
> > without the artists' concent is downright theft and is wrong, but
> > most of us are probably not the problem, as this group tends to
> > hugely support live and recorded music, we just want to hear
> > everything), but thanks for the archive.org link, i'd never actually
> > gone there. and found this right off the bat...
> > http://www.archive.org/audio/audio-details-db.php?
>collection=bedroombrain&collectionid=BB009
> >
> > i'm wondering though... what exactly could happen to you if you were
> > 'caught' filesharing? has anyone heard of this actually happening
> > to anyone? should i be wary of using limewire anymore, really?
> > does a swat team come to your house?
> >
> > >From: Cory O'Brien <myo.sound@gmail.com>
> > >To: idm@hyperreal.org
> > >Subject: Re: [idm] limewire safety question...
> > >Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 13:05:53 -0400
> > >
> > >I usually try this simple 3 step method.
> > >
> > >1: walk into record store.
> > >2: make selection.
> > >3: give money to cashier.
> > >
> > >very safe, and easy!
> > >
> > >or, try this....
> > >
> > >1: navigate your browser to archive.org
> > >2: select from 1000's of creative commons licensed web labels.
> > >3: download music untill you run out of harddrive space.
> > >
> > >that works well too.
> > >
> > >-cory
> > >
> > >
> > >-------------------------------------
> > >audio @ myosound.com
> > >
> > >
> > >On Aug 18, 2005, at 10:48 AM, egyptian zombie robot wrote:
> > >
> > >>if you hunt around on the slsk forums: http://forums.slsknet.org/ipb/
> > >>you can find info on getting alternative slsk clients up and running
> > >>on os x. much safer in my opin.
> > >>
> > >>- xnlb
> > >>
> > >>On 8/17/05, Kurt Bernhard Pruenner <leak@gmx.at> wrote:
> > >>>nat hawks wrote:
> > >>>>i run OSX, is there a better, safer solution to robbing the creative
> > >>>>world?
> > >>>
> > >>>Wearing a hook, peg leg, eyepatch and parrot while robbing a music
> > >>>studio seems safer than dealing with The Man(TM) to me... :P
> > >>>
> > >>>--
> > >>>Kurt Bernhard Pruenner --- Haendelstrasse 17 --- 4020 Linz ---
>Austria
> > >>>.......It might be written "Mindfuck", but it's spelt
>"L-A-I-N".......
> > >>>np: Richard Devine - Arc-Acid (Cautella)
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