RIAA forced to drop download case - bit-tech.net Forums

Garside · 1st Aug 2006, 12:24

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/08...download_case/

specofdust · 1st Aug 2006, 12:32

Well, it's nice to know that just the fact that you have an IP address can't get you charged a few k by the RIAA, but the fact that they could even think of taking a case like that to court is scary.

I like forward to their demise, or mine.

mclean007 · 1st Aug 2006, 12:36

This is pretty big. It's analagous to the case in the UK where a bloke's van was caught on a speed camera and he successfully defended the claim on the basis that the vehicle could have been being used by any one of his several employees. In other words, while the cops could prove the van was speeding and that a traffic offence was committed, they could not prove beyond reasonable doubt which of several potential drivers had committed the offence.

I have often thought this about Wi-Fi - it would be very easy, on a charge of copyright infringement, to claim that someone else must have been using your wireless network without your permission, and it had been they who were illegally sharing files. Unfortunately, that would only work if your PC was clean of infringing material when forensics picked through it.

plagio · 1st Aug 2006, 12:41

I officially have my wireless connection open to anyone.
If you happen to be in south of Rome you are more than welcome to use my bandwith.

rupbert · 1st Aug 2006, 12:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by plagio

I officially have my wireless connection open to anyone.
If you happen to be in south of Rome you are more than welcome to use my bandwith.

DXR_13KE · 1st Aug 2006, 12:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by mclean007

Unfortunately, that would only work if your PC was clean of infringing material when forensics picked through it.

this remembers me that stealth file server mod.

RIAA and MPAA will continue to do bad s*it, they will die soon, i hope.

Ramble · 1st Aug 2006, 13:10

Thank Xenu that the BPI arn't as crazy as the MAFIA.

flabber · 1st Aug 2006, 13:30

This is good news, but I for one can't wait to see what will happen in the lawsuit
against that millionair. Now thát would be an awesome spectacle, with RIAA/MPAA
getting the poo beaten out of them

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specofdust Banned Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Aberdeen, UK, EU Posts: 7,607	Well, it's nice to know that just the fact that you have an IP address can't get you charged a few k by the RIAA, but the fact that they could even think of taking a case like that to court is scary. I like forward to their demise, or mine. __________________ Like marmite, only no-one hates it Mmm bop!

1st Aug 2006, 12:36	#3
mclean007 Officious Bystander Join Date: May 2003 Location: Nodnol Posts: 1,595	This is pretty big. It's analagous to the case in the UK where a bloke's van was caught on a speed camera and he successfully defended the claim on the basis that the vehicle could have been being used by any one of his several employees. In other words, while the cops could prove the van was speeding and that a traffic offence was committed, they could not prove beyond reasonable doubt which of several potential drivers had committed the offence. I have often thought this about Wi-Fi - it would be very easy, on a charge of copyright infringement, to claim that someone else must have been using your wireless network without your permission, and it had been they who were illegally sharing files. Unfortunately, that would only work if your PC was clean of infringing material when forensics picked through it. __________________ Demand Naked DSL in the UK!

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flabber Multimodder Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Netherlands Posts: 122	This is good news, but I for one can't wait to see what will happen in the lawsuit against that millionair. Now thát would be an awesome spectacle, with RIAA/MPAA getting the poo beaten out of them __________________ motustudio.org <---- fiddling around with Wordpress and such - Thermaltake Mozart, DFI Lanparty UT NF4 Ultra-D - AMD64 3800+ - XFX 7900 GT - 2Gb Corsair ram - 160Gb HD

1st Aug 2006, 12:41	#4
plagio Multimodder Join Date: May 2004 Location: Rome, Italy Posts: 140	I officially have my wireless connection open to anyone. If you happen to be in south of Rome you are more than welcome to use my bandwith.