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Subject: I think RIAA went to far suing people that download music I there mad that they didn't about that in 99. So I am piss off by them. As for Kobe I believe he is not guilty I am mad that Kobe cheated on his wife and I have one question why Kobe would cheat on his pretty and beauiful wife. This case is going to be ugly because it's he said she said. I don't really believe 19 year old sad thing is her info is pretty much all over internet I will not tell her, I am piss off that people would give out where she lives and her phone number that all I will say.


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Ben
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Date Posted: 08:22:50 07/22/03 Tue
In reply to: Glenn 's message, "uh oh ..before you download another mp3 ..." on 14:14:56 07/20/03 Sun

>the evil bastards (known simply as the RIAA) won a
>subpoena that will allow their people to "track" down
>people on the internet and sue their ass. i kid you
>not. check out a couple of the pieces from the article:
>
>Music Industry Wins Appoval Of Subpoenas
>
>
>
>The music industry has issued at least 871 federal
>subpoenas against computer users this month suspected
>of illegally sharing music files on the Internet, with
>roughly 75 new subpoenas being approved each day.
>
>
>... The Recording Industry Association of America
>(RIAA) has said it expects to file at least several
>hundred lawsuits seeking financial damages within the
>next eight weeks. U.S. copyright laws allow for
>damages of $750 to $150,000 for each song offered
>illegally on a person's computer, but the RIAA has
>said it would be open to settlement proposals from
>defendants.
>
>
>Music fans are fighting back with technology, using
>new software designed specifically to stymie
>monitoring of their online activities by the major
>record labels. A new version of "Kazaa Lite," free
>software that provides access to the service operated
>by Sharman Networks Ltd., can prevent anyone from
>listing all music files on an individual's machine and
>purports to block scans from Internet addresses
>believed to be associated with the RIAA.
>
>There was some evidence the threat of an expensive
>lawsuit was discouraging online music sharing. Nielsen
>NetRatings, which monitors Internet usage, earlier
>this week reported a decline for traffic on the Kazaa
>network of one million users, with similarly large
>drops across other services.
>
>you can read the full article here:
>
> rel=nofollow target=_blank >href="http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display
>.jsp?vnu_content_id=1937896"
>target="_blank">http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/artic
>le_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1937896
>
>so then, they are finding loop-holes and other actions
>in preventing EVERYONE to share music with each other
>and/or files. be careful if you download from KaZaa
>now. the RIAA is on the bot and working with some
>people who run the server. they can identify your IP
>internet address so if you're like me and depend on
>on-line music ...this could be bad, if they catch you.

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