http://www.switched.com/2010/05/03/riaa-can-unmask-anonymous-file-sharers-u-s-court-rules/ Switched Comments for RIAA Can Unmask Anonymous File Sharers, U.S. Court Rules http://www.switched.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.switched.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.switched.com/2010/05/03/riaa-can-unmask-anonymous-file-sharers-u-s-court-rules/http://www.switched.com/2010/05/03/riaa-can-unmask-anonymous-file-sharers-u-s-court-rules/May 3rd 2010 9:34PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/05/03/riaa-can-unmask-anonymous-file-sharers-u-s-court-rules/http://www.switched.com/2010/05/03/riaa-can-unmask-anonymous-file-sharers-u-s-court-rules/
Just try to come after me for distributing my own works RIAA... ]]>May 4th 2010 11:33AMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/05/03/riaa-can-unmask-anonymous-file-sharers-u-s-court-rules/http://www.switched.com/2010/05/03/riaa-can-unmask-anonymous-file-sharers-u-s-court-rules/May 6th 2010 3:10AMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/05/03/riaa-can-unmask-anonymous-file-sharers-u-s-court-rules/http://www.switched.com/2010/05/03/riaa-can-unmask-anonymous-file-sharers-u-s-court-rules/May 4th 2010 1:01PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/05/03/riaa-can-unmask-anonymous-file-sharers-u-s-court-rules/http://www.switched.com/2010/05/03/riaa-can-unmask-anonymous-file-sharers-u-s-court-rules/May 4th 2010 2:52PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/05/03/riaa-can-unmask-anonymous-file-sharers-u-s-court-rules/http://www.switched.com/2010/05/03/riaa-can-unmask-anonymous-file-sharers-u-s-court-rules/May 5th 2010 2:19PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/05/03/riaa-can-unmask-anonymous-file-sharers-u-s-court-rules/http://www.switched.com/2010/05/03/riaa-can-unmask-anonymous-file-sharers-u-s-court-rules/
(you know libraries aren't free, they are tax supported right?)

I also agree with TFCreate, if you don't like something, don't support it. But this means that you'll have to forgo watching movies or listening to music you might have liked. It's a choice and while you may not like it, that's the result of the freedom of choice.... To think that you'll always have the option of getting what you want is ignorant.

~SB]]>May 29th 2010 9:14AMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/05/03/riaa-can-unmask-anonymous-file-sharers-u-s-court-rules/http://www.switched.com/2010/05/03/riaa-can-unmask-anonymous-file-sharers-u-s-court-rules/
I disagree with both stances. I know if I download something properly, I could get whatever songs I want easily. The issue is, like many people, my taste in music varies based on my mood - sometimes I want to listen to one artist, sometimes I want to listen to another. I also love high quality music, so I want all my music to be high quality.

"Well that's great" the pirate might say, "You just need to download the high quality versions of the songs and make sure you have enough hard disk space."

My question is, why should I go through the effort? There's plenty of places that I can get my music free - and apparently legally - and have a far larger collection of high quality music tailored to how I feel than if I stored it all locally. Even with all the music being completely free, I would never get a large enough music collection to manage myself to get the same experience as I do elsewhere where playlists are created based on what I define my mood as, or what band I want to listen to. I can constantly get new music that I've never heard before, or listen to old favorites, and I can save on hard drive space for other things (I like to rip my DVDs, for example, though Hulu makes it look like eventually I might even be able to get my movies the same way as my music).

I won't pirate music. I'm not afraid of getting caught. I have no ethical issues with it - with most of the music I like the artists are either obscenely rich already or not getting anything from music sales. But I just don't think actually owning a copy of the music is for me.

I think the library concept is pretty good here - someone buys the rights to stream the music, and they let people listen to it. Unless something major changes, I think I'm going to always prefer that to having to scroll through thousands of songs to listen to one that fits my mood.]]>May 4th 2010 3:49PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/05/03/riaa-can-unmask-anonymous-file-sharers-u-s-court-rules/http://www.switched.com/2010/05/03/riaa-can-unmask-anonymous-file-sharers-u-s-court-rules/
Is there a line you draw at which point the activity should no longer be facilitated through anonymity?

Tthis is a no-brainer: "legal" should be shielded, "illegal" should not. This court got this decision right.]]>May 6th 2010 4:49PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/05/03/riaa-can-unmask-anonymous-file-sharers-u-s-court-rules/http://www.switched.com/2010/05/03/riaa-can-unmask-anonymous-file-sharers-u-s-court-rules/They are know to screw both artist and listeners alike.
Avoid them or get screwed one way or another. ]]>May 11th 2010 8:59PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/05/03/riaa-can-unmask-anonymous-file-sharers-u-s-court-rules/http://www.switched.com/2010/05/03/riaa-can-unmask-anonymous-file-sharers-u-s-court-rules/
Most people are using file sharing sites like Rapidshare.

If I were a pirate (I'm not), I'd create a local trading group where people could get together and trade files with their laptops through wireless networking. A single city park could easily accommodate a couple hundred pirates on any given weekend. Similar groups spread around the globe could trade portable hard drives (1 TB for as little as $60).

Still want to use P2P? Go to your nearest coffee shop with free wifi and do your downloads there. Totally anonymous. Or buy an iPad with 3G ($30 per month unlimited use) and create an anonymous account. Totally possible since they're month to month with no contract.]]>May 29th 2010 10:39AM