muku

Relax people. RIAA and MPAA don't have a chance. These guys are lamers who think the web is the entire net. The only end users who get caught are those stupid enough to leave hundreds or even thousands of songs in their "shared Folder" . And anyway ...Grokster & Streamcast are lame progs. People are wising up and deserting these progs for BitTorrent, DC++ and IRC. I don't see anyone from the RIAA & MPAA attacking DC++ or IRC. How are they gonna attack DC++ or IRC? They don't even know what they are. And what about the thousands of Private FTP servers out there in LALA Land? Check out the top 10 progs on SourceForge 6 of them are filesharing progs! None using the tech that Grokster and Streamcast use.... none advocating the use of their software for illegal filesharing. Also remember USA law is only valid in USA. What if the server is in Russia or China or even Iraq? Can you honestly see any 3rd world country that has been oppressed by the USA ( and there are a lot of them) complying with all this s***? Furthermore it will be very hard to sue any company that hasn't actively encouraged Piracy. ( See Article 1 below) Microsoft has somehow snuck DRM enabled wma format into Napster. Personally I don't think it's gonna stick. The majority will balk when they realise the songs are copy protected. Apart from all of the above there is one over-riding factor which everyone is missing : Music wants to be free. And always will. And if your still not convinced read these articles by people who know what they're talking about. Article 1 Article 2 It's a dynamic world out there and, if you wanna be a pirate you have to move with the times. Learn how to use IRC....or DC++ or, if you must use a web based prog use Shareaza or some other Gnutella based prog (they weren't even mentioned in the court case. But if you're not an UberGeek and you only know how to use Web Based progs don't worry. I predict these File Sharing companies will simply change their tune. All they have to do is put a notice in their software and on their web site. Something like: "Whatever you do don't use this software to illegally download music, movies and pirated software!" B)