A way to get rid of KaZAa & Morpheus

[Raven_Writer]

Originally Posted by Ogre

Unless your sister was doing serious downloading, to the tune of thousands of songs, than I don't think that will be a problem.

At one time she had around 500 megs of MP3's on the computer, so I think that'd be some heavy duty downloading

Originally Posted by Billfred

According to the RIAA, you're right. But I recall reports where people sharing relatively small amounts of files (say, a small CD collection's worth), were getting subpoenas. But judge that as you will.

Personally, I'm down with anything that is meant for its purpose. Props for finding your own solution to the problem.

--Billfred

I have read about the subpoenas, but I'd rather be much safer than sorry

Thanks also.

The only way around the lawsuits and stuff is to prove that you actually bought the CD from what I've gathered from a bunch of sites.

Back on topic though, if anyone does like this program, I can try to add more P2P programs for blocking.

[Matt Attallah]

Originally Posted by Raven_Writer

At one time she had around 500 megs of MP3's on the computer, so I think that'd be some heavy duty downloading ....

Pfft...

Rookie....

[Cory]

500 mb? Heavy downloading?

You dont have anything to worry about. I downloaded 10 GB of movies and music yesterday. (And the RIAA can't do crap about it either since I doubt they monitor internetwork traffic at WPI)

Better safe than sorry though I guess

[Wetzel]

Originally Posted by Raven_Writer

At one time she had around 500 megs of MP3's on the computer, so I think that'd be some heavy duty downloading
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The only way around the lawsuits and stuff is to prove that you actually bought the CD from what I've gathered from a bunch of sites.

I've over 20gb of mp3 on my computer. 18 gigs of them are ripped cds that I bought and own. Most of the remaining 2 gigs has been downloaded legally from sites such as http://www.archive.org/audio/.

Last time I checked, the burden of proof is on the plaintiff, not the defendant. I have the vast majority of the cds I riped, but some have been lost/stolen/eaten. The burden of proof is on the RIAA to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the music was not paid for. When I can produce 95% of my cds, and place a stack of a few hundred on a table in front of a jury, it is reasonable that I've misplaced a few cds. There would exist reasonable doubt that I had to steal the music to place it on my computer.

Listen, buy and support local artists.

Wetzel