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CraftyCorner @CraftyCorner (5600) • United States 24 Jul 10

If you use a portion of content from a newspaper in a blog, you can get sued. Why? Some newspapers are using lawsuits as a cynical income stream in their fight against competition in this recession economy. - CEO of fledgling...

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$27,750 For Sharing 37 Songs?

CraftyCorner @CraftyCorner (5600) • United States 28 Feb 10

Regardless of the right or wrong of filesharing songs, I think that a fine of $27,750 for sharing of 37 songs is by far excessive. * This is the fine a court ordered a university student to pay for sharing 37 songs back when she...

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Scouts Copyright Meret Badge

CraftyCorner @CraftyCorner (5600) • United States 11 May 09

If the anti-spam, anti-virus & anti-spyware companies can't prevent us from getting bomb blasted from various doses of spam, viruses, and spies, how do you propose that the copyright cartels can propose to realistically put an end...

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Music pirating laws changing

moonlitmagikchild @moonlitmagikchild (22181) • United States 20 Dec 08

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/patterson/31678 now instead of suing the people that are downloading music for free/illegally they are going to now check you ip addy and send you an email or something (with the internet companies...

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George Bush Signs Pro IP Act

CraftyCorner @CraftyCorner (5600) • United States 15 Oct 08

It's now official law of the land. If you have one 'illegal' MP3 on your hard drive or any piece of electronics, the government can take away all your electronics. [b]That MP3 could have come from a CD that you...

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r.i.a.a. website hacked!

CraftyCorner @CraftyCorner (5600) • United States 21 Jan 08

Some Internet Hackers got into the website belonging to the Recording Industry Association of America or R.I.A.A. and altered the contents of it's pages. Some pages had nothing written at all. One page linked directly to the famed...

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The RIAA considers everything stealing!

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 31 Dec 07

The scummy little pus buckets at the RIAA have really outdone themselves in slime this time. They are suing Jeffrey Howell for illegal downloads because he copied his CDs to his computer. Notice they are suing, not bringing...

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Is It Safe To Use Limewire?

sumimasen @sumimasen (644) • United States 12 Jun 07

I want to know, is it safe to use Limewire? Here are the two problems I've noticed: 1. Threats of being sued by RIAA 2. Trojans and Viruses. Neither of those problems seem to make Limewire very helpful. When...

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RIAA (anti-piracy lawyers) sued!!

taiguy @taiguy (478) • United States 6 Jun 07

Looks like they are finally getting a dish of their own despicable meal. Ms. Del Cid, of Tampa Florida, is counter-suing our friends at the RIAA on the following five charges: 1. Trespass 2. Computer Fraud and Abuse 3....

Is Internet Radio Doomed?

willfe @willfe (149) • United States 17 Apr 07

Recently, the Copyright Royalty Board issued a new ruling about how internet broadcasters must pay for the music they broadcast. Many online broadcasters testified or submitted opinions/materials on the subject, which the CRB...

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Sued by the RIAA

mitchb @mitchb (254) • United States 20 Mar 07

I have been following the RIAA's actions for a few years now. I am a music fan and am into digital music and file sharing. Understanding that trading copyrighted music is illegal and all I think the RIAA's methods are extreme....

Alirght, what does everyone think of today's hip hop?

djbizzel @djbizzel (2) • United States 20 Mar 07

In my opinon, today hip hop is dead. It's mainly just a bunch of lames beats with some rapper dude saying money, bit-hes, bling- bliing, etc... What ever happned to the good old fashion Rapper's Delighit by the Sugerhill gang, or...

meret patch for learning about evils of piracy

CraftyCorner @CraftyCorner (5600) • United States 12 Feb 07

in los angeles, boyscouts can earn a meret patch for learning about the evils of piracy and the respect of copyright. this program is put out by the riaa and the mpaa. is this a good idea?

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What is your favorite Journey song?

iceman24 @iceman24 (22) • United States 15 Jan 07

For me, I think it is a tie between Faithfully and Who's Crying Now. There is an awesome live version of Who's Crying Now with a great guitar riff at the end.

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Is downloading music really ripping off the artists?

kristypants @kristypants (305) • Canada 27 Nov 06

I don't think so. Personally when I download music, it's something that I wouldn't buy anyways. Also, if I download something that I really like I'll go out and buy it anyways. I know alot of other people I know feel the same way,...

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Don't Want to Get Sued by the RIAA? Just Disable Wi-Fi Security!

Securegb @Securegb (115) • United States 6 Nov 06

At Broadband Reports, Karl picks up on an OUT-LAW.COM report noting that Tammie Marson of Palm Desert, California responded to a file-sharing lawsuit from the RIAA by stating that her wireless network was not secure, and that...

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