An American woman has been fined nearly $2 million dollars for illegally downloading

[nigel]

Check this story out!!!!


http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090619/...e-3fd0ae9.html


I think art immitates life anyway...

But cripes, I'm quite angry at what they've done to that poor woman!

[KeithD]

More to the story than that, she was sharing the music, the industry doesn't go after those that just download.

If you do download anything, DO NOT leave it in the download folder as you are probably sharing it. Move it straight away to a non-shared folder.

Not sure how they come to the amounts though, the industry, like TV, radio, etc, only pay about 4p per song.

[Alan]

A totally OUTRAGEOUS amount to fine her!!!!

It should have been $5 million.

Al.

[Tawi2]

Yeah,its only 2 mill,pocket change to pirating buckaneers such as her Arrrrrrr,pieces of eight,15 men on a dead mans chest and other piratical,nautically themed sayings

[Tawi2]

She actually got off with it quite lightly,I thought punishment for piracy was cat'o'nine tails,walking the plank,and keelhauling????

[Fitzy]

I know what I'm talking about, so please all be warned, and take my advice!

Kazaa, emule, etc etc......

They all use a sharing technology called peer to peer = computer to computer, therefore, there is no file server in the middle, so that is why it's free!
Kazaa, and the like, provide the client software, for free, well almost, if you like spyware on your computer!
OK! While you are downloading files from other computers, you are simultaneously uploading them. That is where the music companies get you, for UPLOADING copy writed material, as well as downloading!!!!!
Be warned, DON'T DO IT!!!!!!
In the download clients settings, you can choose to disable this feature, but is set to upward sharing by default.

Answer =

Get a rapidshare account, because is direct download via their servers, and for a very modest monthly sum indeed.
I swear by it, not to mention, is many, many times faster, the link is encrypted, so virtually no chance of getting caught out!!

I for one, would prefer to spend 3 quid a month for my access, opposed to a rather heafty fine!

Don't get me wrong, some of the hosting sites for rapidshare files contain viruses, trojans, rootkit viruses etc....

Is always good to have an up to date antivirus client. I use Avast professional, because it has a nifty script blocker as well

I didn't say that I nicked it from RS lol


Anybody please feel free to comment, as well as PM me for any advice that I may offer.


Be careful out there please!!!!!!!

[Fitzy]

Hi Fitzy,I use bit torrent/mininova. could you tell me are these free? or not.!

Yes they are dear friend, but please don't do it.
Pls read my post again, coz I edited it.
Is usafe, the record companies snoopers CAN see you, is slow, infected, and unrecommended by ppl like myself!!

www.rapidshare.com

Advice to all!

Download it, and enjoy the blistering speed(dependant on ur connection), and sleep well knowing that you won't get done.

After you have done this go to

www.filehippo.com

then download a download manager. I use flashget



PM me peeps if you need help.


DON'T be a donkey using Emule/Kazaa etc, just coz is free.


My friendly advice



P.s

I don't work for rapidshare heheheheehheeh


Am but a humble Airport Radio Engineer Lol

[somebody]

So whats happens if Record companies or what not cotton on and post the content?

Would be worth their effort.

No way is totaly safe


Plus as mates and family have found out never rely on downloaded av or other pc security alone.

If they have cracked the security who is to say they have not added a nice surprise for you?

[joebloggs]

So whats happens if Record companies or what not cotton on and post the content?

Would be worth their effort.

No way is totaly safe


Plus as mates and family have found out never rely on downloaded av or other pc security alone.

If they have cracked the security who is to say they have not added a nice surprise for you?

they do it all the time, but many of the uploads get checked and put in the trash bin,i think the pirate bay boasted many times they had deleted fake torrents uploaded by copy write groups

[somebody]

they do it all the time, but many of the uploads get checked and put in the trash bin,i think the pirate bay boasted many times they had deleted fake torrents uploaded by copy write groups

How would they know

The intresting thing was what the priate bay blokes were nicked for and if i was the board of rapidshare would be looking over my shoulder. Which is im sure like youtube which had a policy change i belive a while back due to pressures. No board memeber worries about fines if they can take them in their stride but prison time is not very handy if you want to be a director..

The Stockholm district court in Sweden found the defendants guilty not of hosting materially illegally, but of "providing a website with sophisticated search functions, simple download and storage capabilities, and a tracker linked to the website [that helped users commit copyright violations]."

ie sort of aiding and abetting, ie they cant go after every downloader so will most likely cut of the supply far easier.

[joebloggs]

well many people use google to find the warez their looking for, no need for warez sites.

well someone leaked phone calls and internal emails from media defender, and if i remember correctly they had tried to put fake torrents on pirate bay a few times but they all were deleted by the admins.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaDefender