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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060430-6702.html
This just happened on my campus.  The file sharing community is not happy about it.

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Re: RIAA attempts to squash filesharing on college campuses (again)
« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2006, 07:41:33 am »
Then Maybe they should quit stealing music?

On our campus a computer found to have any P2P File sharing program is disconnected from our network.

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Re: RIAA attempts to squash filesharing on college campuses (again)
« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2006, 12:54:31 pm »
Maybe the RIAA's clients should stop charging 20 bucks for a CD.

Legality is only part of this picture.  Poor business practices have created the situation that the RIAA is attempting to put a lid on more than any other factor, save the existence of the internet itself.
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Re: RIAA attempts to squash filesharing on college campuses (again)
« Reply #3 on: May 03, 2006, 02:12:39 pm »
Maybe the RIAA's clients should stop charging 20 bucks for a CD.

Legality is only part of this picture.  Poor business practices have created the situation that the RIAA is attempting to put a lid on more than any other factor, save the existence of the internet itself.

At what price could you market a cd to compete with "free" filesharing?  It appears that even Itunes $.99 a song is not low enough.  Of course those evil business practices that require sending thousands of your product to radio stations for free in the hopes that your artist can make the top 40 sure don't help.

Stealing is stealing.  You can rationalize your theft however you desire... but if it weren't for rampant theft, software, music, and movies would be a hell of a lot cheaper than they are.

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Re: RIAA attempts to squash filesharing on college campuses (again)
« Reply #4 on: May 03, 2006, 03:05:55 pm »

Stealing is stealing.  You can rationalize your theft however you desire... but if it weren't for rampant theft, software, music, and movies would be a hell of a lot cheaper than they are.

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Oh I don't know about that, I think the RIAA companies would just be posting higher profits.  But I do agree that stealing is stealing no matter how your rationalize it.  Both sides are in the wrong, the problem is trying to find a levelheaded politician that can tackle the problem so it is fair for both the companies and for the consumers.

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Re: RIAA attempts to squash filesharing on college campuses (again)
« Reply #5 on: May 03, 2006, 03:07:44 pm »
Eh, I understand it from just a bandwidth and security stand point. Alot of those files are/could be infected with viruses, and file sharing sucks up a lot of network bandwidth.


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Re: RIAA attempts to squash filesharing on college campuses (again)
« Reply #6 on: May 03, 2006, 03:38:24 pm »
Eh, I understand it from just a bandwidth and security stand point. Alot of those files are/could be infected with viruses, and file sharing sucks up a lot of network bandwidth.

Bingo...

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Re: RIAA attempts to squash filesharing on college campuses (again)
« Reply #7 on: May 03, 2006, 03:39:10 pm »
Oops, I meant to post this in the Engineering forum.  Oh well.

I agree that using file sharing programs to illegally distribute copyrighted material is wrong, but I've grown to hate the RIAA.  They've gone off the deep end with how they try to fight technology.

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Re: RIAA attempts to squash filesharing on college campuses (again)
« Reply #8 on: May 04, 2006, 11:25:30 am »
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At what price could you market a cd to compete with "free" filesharing?  It appears that even Itunes $.99 a song is not low enough.  Of course those evil business practices that require sending thousands of your product to radio stations for free in the hopes that your artist can make the top 40 sure don't help.

They could always just email them the MP3 instead.:)

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Stealing is stealing.  You can rationalize your theft however you desire... but if it weren't for rampant theft, software, music, and movies would be a hell of a lot cheaper than they are.

The 'ramapant theft' part of your quote is an example of how the RIAA rationalizes their high prices, but it really doesn't wash.  The simple fact is that if people didn't share files, they'd tape songs off the radio or burn their friends CDs or sing the damn song themselves.

Gonna start dragging wet naked old ladies away in paddy wagons because they were singing Hank Williams in the shower?  Didn't think so.

Once any other person has heard the song, the genie's kinda outta the bottle on 'ownership'.

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