starchild
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I really don't know where this fits- it's software related (I think) but could be security or web/internet.
On another board I'm on (not computer related) the topic of getting sued by the Recording Industry came up and someone stated no person has been sued for downloading music.
Someone else said that's not true, that people have been sued for this.
I once saw a webpage that listed email addresses of people who were being sued (or about to be) You could put your email address in to see if you were being watched for this.
The person who said nobody (no person) has been sued for downloading music (on file sharing networks) said "prove I'm wrong".
Of course, this might mean showing actual court papers of lawsuits, and maybe it's just been threats or fines- and not actual suiing?
I thought it was, I read once some "grandmother"had been sued, also.
Also, a group of college students,(at the start) but they might have downloaded it for some other reason, not personal use? so, they wouldn't be called "a person sued"?
Does anyone have any information about this?
I don't even care about the actual arguement going on about it, but just got to wondering, myself.
Maybe the recording industry was just threatening, as scare tactics?
Last I heard Kazaa (or one of them) was counter-suing the recording industry for using their software for something it wasn't intended for (against their terms of use) which was to track down users who were downloading their music.
What is the true and latest story about this?
Thanks,
Carrie
On another board I'm on (not computer related) the topic of getting sued by the Recording Industry came up and someone stated no person has been sued for downloading music.
Someone else said that's not true, that people have been sued for this.
I once saw a webpage that listed email addresses of people who were being sued (or about to be) You could put your email address in to see if you were being watched for this.
The person who said nobody (no person) has been sued for downloading music (on file sharing networks) said "prove I'm wrong".
Of course, this might mean showing actual court papers of lawsuits, and maybe it's just been threats or fines- and not actual suiing?
I thought it was, I read once some "grandmother"had been sued, also.
Also, a group of college students,(at the start) but they might have downloaded it for some other reason, not personal use? so, they wouldn't be called "a person sued"?
Does anyone have any information about this?
I don't even care about the actual arguement going on about it, but just got to wondering, myself.
Maybe the recording industry was just threatening, as scare tactics?
Last I heard Kazaa (or one of them) was counter-suing the recording industry for using their software for something it wasn't intended for (against their terms of use) which was to track down users who were downloading their music.
What is the true and latest story about this?
Thanks,
Carrie