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woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 5:12 pm

For those of you in college with large down loaded music files...get ready:

"The latest music lawsuits coincide with a separate campaign due to be launched tomorrow in the US, where the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is filing copyright infringement lawsuits against 405 students at 18 colleges."

http://tinyurl.com/3ujbw

roid · Post by **roid** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:45 pm

typical fear tactics. predictable.
because assholes who think everyone is STUPID use fear tactics.

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:50 pm

It's so nice to live in New Zealand!

roid · Post by **roid** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:54 pm

does newzealand have dense warm rainforrests?
however let us errect spiked pole barriers to protect us form this IFPI. (i've never even heard of them before now)

Avder · Post by **Avder** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:02 pm

Supposedly theyre suing 405 users of the Internet2 Network. What I'd like to know is how the hell did they gain access to I2 anyway?

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 2:08 pm

Mobius wrote:It's so nice to live in New Zealand!

Canada is a shorter trip, and its legal there.

Tyranny · Post by **Tyranny** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 2:15 am

Article wrote:Critics of the scheme particularly in Nordic countries have questioned the tactic of suing music fans. But the IFPI counters that music sales have fallen from about $40bn in 1999 to $32bn globally.

That wouldn't have more to do with the current deluge of garbage that really isn't worth buying at the moment would it? Naaah....of course not. That would be much too easy to fix.