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| Tweet Topic Started: Jun 16 2010, 09:21 PM (291 Views) | |
| Gordon Owns | Jun 16 2010, 09:21 PM Post #1 |
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A billion dollar judgment for peer to peer file sharing? The RIAA has officially become successful in shutting down peer-to-peer file sharing. I have previously discussed the legality of peer to peer file-sharing here. Last month, the RIAA’s lawsuit against Limewire resulted in a judgment of willful copyright infringement ordering them to pay $1 billion dollars for unlawful copying. The formula the court used to reach this number is $750 dollars per copyright infringement multiplied by the estimated number of actual copyright infringement. This formula is based on strict statutory damages afforded to copyright owners in the U.S. Copyright Act. The RIAA apparently produced evidence that 200 million occurrences of copyright infringement occcured through Limewire’s service. The court based its decision on the theory of secondary liability. Secondary liability means that although a party may not commit direct copyright infringement, they will be found liable for copyright infringement if they have played a significant role in direct infringement committed. So the court agreed that Limewire did not directly commit the infringement, but they provided the technology and encouraged users to share files with their peers. Furthermore, the RIAA has asked the court to issue a permanent injunction against Limewire, preventing them from engaging in peer to peer file-sharing as a business model. Limewire hopes to reach a compromise or settlement with the RIAA. However, the fact remains clear that peer to peer file sharing is a thing of the past. Consumers have been warned: engage in peer to peer file sharing and suffer the consequences. SOURCE |
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| Gordon Owns | Jun 16 2010, 09:22 PM Post #2 |
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For those who use Limewire and didn't get sued, considered yourselves lucky. lol Limewire is no more. I'm glad I stopped using that program years ago. |
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| underbird92 | Jun 16 2010, 09:27 PM Post #3 |
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I thought Limewire was that place to go get computer virus'?
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| Ram Jam | Jun 16 2010, 10:23 PM Post #4 |
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In It 2 Win It
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You have not previously discussed the legality of peer to peer file-sharing here. |
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| Junianus Justinus | Jun 16 2010, 10:41 PM Post #5 |
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auto-tuning academia
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I thought everyone quit using limewire about 5 years ago.... |
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| Orangesmoke20 | Jun 16 2010, 10:54 PM Post #6 |
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Too hot to handle.. too cold to hold... ohhhhhh yeahhhhh!!!
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so what do we use now lol |
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| Nate | Jun 16 2010, 11:15 PM Post #7 |
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Wishes he could be like David
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Damn I use limewire still but I only use it as a torrent downloader |
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| MartinMan | Jun 16 2010, 11:19 PM Post #8 |
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Veteran of 1000 psychic wars
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oh no what will i ever do now I mean besides going to the 6,000 torrent sites i frequently go to lol |
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| Nate | Jun 16 2010, 11:21 PM Post #9 |
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Wishes he could be like David
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also limewire is still up and running.
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| Lord Diddy | Jun 16 2010, 11:46 PM Post #10 |
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Yea guess they havent shut it down yet
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| Gordon Owns | Jun 16 2010, 11:49 PM Post #11 |
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Yeah they're probably thinking, shit we're already going bankrupt anyway so lets have it open to spite RIAA. lol |
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| Gordon Owns | Jun 16 2010, 11:51 PM Post #12 |
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Torrent may even be worst. lol They record your IP Adress. Its like an open invitation to get your ass sued by whatever company you're ripping off. not to mention all the info you leave behind for the trackers and hackers alike. |
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| Junianus Justinus | Jun 16 2010, 11:53 PM Post #13 |
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auto-tuning academia
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Private torrent sites>* ...besides newsbinz. But I haven't gotten around to paying for that yet haha |
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| Lord Diddy | Jun 16 2010, 11:54 PM Post #14 |
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Luckily since I have two computers I can use my desktop as a "do whatever I want with it" computer and my laptop is the clean source. Keeps the dirty viruses that may sneak in from my personal stuff
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| Gordon Owns | Jun 17 2010, 12:03 AM Post #15 |
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Yeah but you gotta pay. People ain't looking to pay for downloading things they think they can get for free. lol I use Rapidshare. 40 bucks for 6 months is not bad. I get to download to my heart content knowing I will get shit for free and not have to worry about ever being caught. |
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| KK3869 | Jun 17 2010, 05:37 PM Post #16 |
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Just your simple Cameron
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The only thing I download is races and Top Gear basically. |
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| HuskyMan20 | Jun 18 2010, 11:12 AM Post #17 |
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Don't bullshit a bullshitter!
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Limewire is my porn headquarters
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| luigistarted06 | Jun 18 2010, 11:41 AM Post #18 |
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I like it in and around my mouth.
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I guess it's not just in America that we have awful refs that fuck up the game
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| Gordon Owns | Jun 18 2010, 11:55 AM Post #19 |
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Old races or just new ones? I have a neat place where they have the newer races like from a year ago on. http://www.myp2pforum.eu/threads/21744 They have NASCAR, F1, 24 Lemans and even some Indy series races posted. Great, great site there. |
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| Lord Diddy | Jun 18 2010, 12:55 PM Post #20 |
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KB I am ashamed of you. Usin limewire for porn. Who does such a thing
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| luigistarted06 | Jun 18 2010, 12:57 PM Post #21 |
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I like it in and around my mouth.
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Wait, how the hell did I post this in the wrong thread? Anyways...Limewire for porn? For shame, for shame
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| Gordon Owns | Jun 18 2010, 01:04 PM Post #22 |
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He does it because he likes to watch shemale porn. ![]() You think you're actually downloading straight porn but all you doing is downloading some gay porn. I once downloaded such porn once by mistake. After that I only stuck to just the music. lol |
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| Lord Diddy | Jun 18 2010, 02:36 PM Post #23 |
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Admin of the People
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Yea sometimes ya get more then ya bargain for....or so you tell yourself lmao |
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| The Dale | Jun 18 2010, 02:45 PM Post #24 |
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I've used limewire for years downloading tons of music..thousands of songs and i have never really gotten anything from it. You just got to be smart enough to pick which files to download that aren't infected. |
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| Lord Diddy | Jun 18 2010, 02:48 PM Post #25 |
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Admin of the People
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Or say hell with it ill just reformat later haha |
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