Reply With QuoteSo a woman named GERTRUDE is being sued for downloading rap songs?
WHAT THE HELL WERE THEY THINKING
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Gertrude Walton of Fayette County hated computers, her daughter said.
That did not stop the recording industry from accusing the now deceased 83-year-old Mount Hope woman of illegally trading music over the Internet.
More than a month after Walton was buried in Beckley, a group of record companies named her as the only defendant in a federal lawsuit. They claimed Walton made more than 700 pop, rock and rap songs available for free on the Internet under the screen name “smittenedkitten.”
On Thursday, a spokesman for the Recording Industry Association of America acknowledged that Walton was probably not the smittenedkitten it is searching for.What a bunch of idiots! They didn't even bother to do some preliminary checking before filing suit.
(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
(='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
(")_(") "Starting the fire from within."
So a woman named GERTRUDE is being sued for downloading rap songs?
WHAT THE HELL WERE THEY THINKING
meet the new boss, same as the old boss
She is probably guilty by association. She cerainly know what a computer is. Hang her!
Isnt she dead already?
Que l’Univers n’est qu’un défaut dans la pureté de Non-être.
- Paul Valery
Yes, she's dead.Originally posted by laurentius
Isnt she dead already?
(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
(='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
(")_(") "Starting the fire from within."
This reminds me of Monty Python. See illegally trades music. Burn her!
We must be concerned not merely about who murdered them, but about the system, the way of life, the philosophy which produced these murderers. - Martin Luther King Jr. Eulogy for the Martyred Children (1963)
Filesharing may cause death.
(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
(='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
(")_(") "Starting the fire from within."
WHOA is file sharing Illegal? Hell i just downloaded 18 songs Do I turn myself in or wait to be hung?
When you find yourself arguing with an idiot, you might want to rethink who the idiot really is.
"It can't rain all the time"-Eric Draven
Being dyslexic is hard work. I don't even try anymore.
Not in Canada.Originally posted by Urban Ranger
Filesharing may cause death.
Only feebs vote.
Canada
(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
(='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
(")_(") "Starting the fire from within."
Sheesh, the excuses some people use.Originally posted by laurentius
Isnt she dead already?
Dig her up and kill her again!
"I read a book twice as fast as anybody else. First, I read the beginning, and then I read the ending, and then I start in the middle and read toward whatever end I like best." - Gracie Allen
I'm a pretty lame downloader really. I mainly download stuff I already bought years ago, but couldn't afford to ship over to Canada (not that there's room for all my CDs in my pokey flat).Originally posted by Urban Ranger
Canada
Still... we pay taxes on recordable media here, and that was the deal that the record companies freely agreed to (and that a lot of people were annoyed about). I don't see why the law should change just because their own greed turns out to have benefited the consumer.
I can't see what the fuss is anyway, I still buy lots of CDs. I think I have at about 600 here, and I only brought 300 with me. That's an average of about five CDs a month (although I haven't been buying that many lately, I went on a CD orgy when Tower Records closed down a couple of years back).
I was looking through the recent court decisions.
Apparently uploading is legal in Canada as well. And the recording industry cannot demand that your ISP give up your name if you share.
NB: this applies only to music. All other forms of filesharing copyright material are illegal.
Last edited by Agathon; February 4, 2005 at 23:31.
Only feebs vote.
A good read.
http://techcentralstation.com/081803C.html
and
http://www.canfli.org/
Only feebs vote.
Originally posted by Edan
Sheesh, the excuses some people use.
Dig her up and kill her again!
When you find yourself arguing with an idiot, you might want to rethink who the idiot really is.
"It can't rain all the time"-Eric Draven
Being dyslexic is hard work. I don't even try anymore.
hehe well I'm sure it would teach em nerds a lesson!
Que l’Univers n’est qu’un défaut dans la pureté de Non-être.
- Paul Valery
Not at all. If we don't punish her, how long will it be before people start thinking that they could get out of punishment by dying. And what about all the undead file sharers - would they assume they're immune from any punishment just because they lack a pulse?Originally posted by Mrs. Tuberski
"I read a book twice as fast as anybody else. First, I read the beginning, and then I read the ending, and then I start in the middle and read toward whatever end I like best." - Gracie Allen
Ok Urabon Ranger, Should I be worried now that my IP filter has got 46 hits from the Peoples Government of Beijing Municipality?
Que l’Univers n’est qu’un défaut dans la pureté de Non-être.
- Paul Valery
There is a reason I have this avatar.
"Our scientific power has out run out spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men." - Martin Luther King Jr.
"A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will produce in time a people as base as itself." - Joseph Pulitzer
I just figured it was because you were too lazy to get a decent avatar.
That could be part of it.
"Our scientific power has out run out spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men." - Martin Luther King Jr.
"A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will produce in time a people as base as itself." - Joseph Pulitzer
I use a site that allows me to download songs videos and the likes there of. I have used this site for years and I dont pay anything for it. I wonder tis is the same thing that was going on back in the cassette tape days when you buddy bought a tape and copied it for you that wasnt illegal was it?
When you find yourself arguing with an idiot, you might want to rethink who the idiot really is.
"It can't rain all the time"-Eric Draven
Being dyslexic is hard work. I don't even try anymore.
yes that was illegal as well. no one cared that much, because the sound quality sucked anyways.
they care now because you can get near cd quality in the form of mp3's for free.
I currently use E-mule. Though I heard they have a way of tracking users on emule as well. I admit I do worry about getting caught, but oh well.
This is all metallicas fault
When you find yourself arguing with an idiot, you might want to rethink who the idiot really is.
"It can't rain all the time"-Eric Draven
Being dyslexic is hard work. I don't even try anymore.
Don't laugh but my mother was thinking of calling me Gertrude if I was a girl. I sh*t ye not! Thank God I wasn't a girl
Speaking of Erith:
"It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith
If it helps, instead of using PH, I'll use Gerty instead...Originally posted by Provost Harrison
Don't laugh but my mother was thinking of calling me Gertrude if I was a girl. I sh*t ye not! Thank God I wasn't a girl
"Foof." - Sasquatch.
Yikes !!!!! Good thing your a man then. But I think Now that you said this you might be called gertty here for a while.Originally posted by Provost Harrison
Don't laugh but my mother was thinking of calling me Gertrude if I was a girl. I sh*t ye not! Thank God I wasn't a girl
When you find yourself arguing with an idiot, you might want to rethink who the idiot really is.
"It can't rain all the time"-Eric Draven
Being dyslexic is hard work. I don't even try anymore.
Don't even go thereOriginally posted by Tuberski
If it helps, instead of using PH, I'll use Gerty instead...
Gerty?.... Gerty!
Gerty!Gerty!Gerty!Gerty!Gerty!Gerty!Gerty!
You will rue the day you let this slip forever.... Gerty.
Only feebs vote.
It's another government conspiracy...make up your own freaking music and stop copying others...it helps bring up the economy...so we can tax you more...so we can actually bomb a real country, not Iraq...
Originally posted by Agathon
Gerty?.... Gerty!
Gerty!Gerty!Gerty!Gerty!Gerty!Gerty!Gerty!
You will rue the day you let this slip forever.... Gerty.It has begun!!!!!
When you find yourself arguing with an idiot, you might want to rethink who the idiot really is.
"It can't rain all the time"-Eric Draven
Being dyslexic is hard work. I don't even try anymore.
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