Kazaa sues the RIAA for.... SOFTWARE PIRACY!!!!!

[Vesayen]

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/33475

also on slashdot and a ton of other sites atm

[Sava]

I saw a funny commercial before the previews when I went to see "Underworld" in the theatres... this dope is talking about how piracy hurts the little guys... the set painter and other Hollywood peons... I could only laugh! It's not my fault the producers and stars aren't sharing the dough. And most of the movies I've downloaded, I wouldn't have bought anyways. Sorry... RIAA = dopes

[St Leo]

I only bought the three Austin Powers movies on DVD after I downloaded them. Bah. The idea behind movies and TV shows has been killed by the internet anyways. Freedom to interact forever. Death to the MPAA.

[Ted Striker]

Yeah that commercial is such BS

They should also show the Executives driving off in their Porsches

[Wittlich]

Kazaa sueing anyone over software piracy is just, well,

Does Kazaa really think that the courts are going to take them seriously?!?

[Victor Galis]

Well if they have a case, that's very good. It's about time someone stood up to the RIAA.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Wittlich
Kazaa sueing anyone over software piracy is just, well,

Does Kazaa really think that the courts are going to take them seriously?!?

There's nothing inherently illegal about P2P software.

Software bootlegging has been in existence as long as microcomputers. Way back in the '70s, Billg and company wrote an open letter to the hobbyist community, accusing them for copying Microsoft's BASIC.

P2P software just makes these activities easier.

[Zero]

Software piracy is illegal.
What kazaa is doing (provinding a p2p software) isnt.

[Vesayen]

Kazaa has a network that states in multiple places you can ONLY connect to if you use their official software, the RIAA has been using kazaa lite to connect to the network-first off this is software piracy, SECOND OFF this is hacking.

[Zero]

Originally posted by Sava
I saw a funny commercial before the previews when I went to see "Underworld" in the theatres... this dope is talking about how piracy hurts the little guys... the set painter and other Hollywood peons... I could only laugh! It's not my fault the producers and stars aren't sharing the dough. And most of the movies I've downloaded, I wouldn't have bought anyways. Sorry... RIAA = dopes

I wouldnt have seen that commercial cause I downloaded underworld.

[H Tower]

Originally posted by Vesayen
Kazaa has a network that states in multiple places you can ONLY connect to if you use their official software, the RIAA has been using kazaa lite to connect to the network-first off this is software piracy, SECOND OFF this is hacking.

Someone at the RIAA is actually aware of internet realities, I'm surprised. Is it the RIAA's fault that they don't want spyware on their computers?

[mrmitchell]

Someone at the RIAA is actually aware of internet realities, I'm surprised. Is it the RIAA's fault that they don't want spyware on their computers?

If they want to fight us, they should have to deal with all the spyware and popups they can get--"RIAA Disbands; KaZaA Advertising Cited As Reason"

[Zero]

Doesnt Kazaa lite prevent ppl like RIAA to track you down?

[BustaMike]

K Lite ++ blocks known RIAA IP addresses

[H Tower]

Now that's an interesting idea. But ultimately ineffective all the same. The most regular joe schmoe in their anti piracy department can walk down the street to star bucks with his laptop computer, use their VPN and find users to pester on StarBuck's IP addy.