Good ship P2P burns to the waterline

[mandy]

In the space of one week, many of the P2P filesharing networks are on the verge of exiting the business either to offer a legal version with paid downloads, or selling up or simply closing up shop.

The US Supreme Court said that P2P companies are in breach of existing laws by encouraging the infringement of copyright.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/22/p2p_crisis/

[rose]

Our guess is that some will go legit and others will now begin a merry-go round of moving offshore, being blocked from US viewing and then suing to be unblocked

Sounds like China's censoring of content its citizens are allowed to see.  Wonder what else Americans are blocked from seeing because corporate America or some political interest group objected to it?  :o

[mandy]

more fallout from the crackdown on P2P:

LimeWire developers are working of code modifications that will prevent users of future versions of the popular P2P client from sharing copyrighted works

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/26/...revention/

[rose]

The RIAA notched up its p2p witch hunt with over 750 more lawsuits.  eDonkey is going legit too  and WinMX closed shop.

[mandy]

This is the case peer-to-peer file sharers have been waiting for. Tanya Andersen, a 41 year old disabled single mother living in Oregon, has countersued the RIAA for Oregon RICO violations, fraud, invasion of privacy, abuse of process, electronic trespass, violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, negligent misrepresentation, the tort of "outrage", and deceptive business practices

complete article: http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspo...-sues.html

In 2 related RIAA inanity:

RIAA: Only 1 in 14 Music Files Downloaded by Canadians is Legal according to recent "study"

and

US music industry hits milestone, has sued 15,000 people
http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/12474

[rose]

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This is the case peer-to-peer file sharers have been waiting for. Tanya Andersen, a 41 year old disabled single mother living in Oregon, has countersued the RIAA for Oregon RICO violations, fraud, invasion of privacy, abuse of process, electronic trespass, violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, negligent misrepresentation, the tort of "outrage", and deceptive business practices

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[mandy]

A List of Bad Sellers to Avoid This Holiday Season and Boycott in the New Year

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

:hoxmassanta12: :hoxmassnow32: :hoxmassleigh11: :hoxmassanta22: :hoxmassanta46: :hoxmasm11:

This bit of advice from p2pnet.net:

Tired of being treated like a criminal? They depend on you, not the other way around. Don't buy their 'product'. as a stocking stuffer or anything else over Christmas. Do bug your local political representatives. Use emails, snail-mail, phone calls, faxes, IM, stop them in the street, blog. And if you're into organizing, organize petitions, organize demonstrations and then turn up on your local political rep's doorstep, making sure you've contacted your local tv/radio station/newspaper in advance.

full article: http://p2pnet.net/story/7355
commentary: http://p2pnet.net/index.php?page=comment&story=7355&comment=26652

related topic on spyware maker and alleged copyright infringer Sony: http://community.tuliptools.com/index.ph...180.0.html