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Enter Darknets, Encrypted P2P, Offshore Hosting
Really now, most of what the RIAA will accomplish could vanish overnight when the new killer app of P2P comes forward.

Think restricted darknets, where only trusted members are allowed to trade and limited users are allowed on any given network (10-100 people)

Think encrypted files on these networks, which would not be loggable by the RIAA and thus could not be used as grounds for a subpoena.

Think Earthstation 5, the P2P network that was hosted from the Palestinian terrortories (do YOU want to serve that subpoena?)

All said and done, nothing the RIAA has done or will do can ever stop pirated material from being moved around the Net. All they will do is stop the less savvy users by implementing a series of DRM-based roadblocks and/or shutting down the most blatant and obviously illegal networks, like Napster and Kazaa.

Furthermre, with the global reach of the net, all we need is a site based in a country without strong ties to the U.S. and we will have everything we need to upload the latest Mariah Carey album free of charge (end sarcasm)

I am glad my tastes in music reach back to the 80's and 90's, since no CD ever produced in that era has any workable form of protection and I can use my trusty old CD burner to rip a full copy of my roomates CD collection without silly DRM limitations and still have a high-quality WAV file instead of a low-brow MP3 or AAS file.

I do feel sorry for the teenage Ipod generation for not knowing any better, but to each, his own. They will never know the concept of ownership of a music album, only a series of downloaded files that aren't compatible with all systems and which could be rendered obsolete with a wave of the RIAA's hand when they decide to resell you the same file you bought back in 2003, in a shiny new file package.
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Good luck getting Bit Torrent  voska | 09/15/05
Sue the maker...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/15/05
No way  Tim Patterson | 09/15/05
Sorry, your rant means nothing.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/15/05
All they can do is shut down the sites....  Kawadaracing | 09/15/05
You're right  Michael Kelly | 09/15/05
Consider Your Knowledge  Tony Rayo | 09/15/05
Except unlike KAZZA Bit Torrent does nothing to induce  voska | 09/15/05
You are right but  osreinstall | 09/15/05
Not in Sweden..  Patrick Jones | 09/15/05
Could you please  Real World | 09/15/05
Sure  Patrick Jones | 09/15/05
Thanks  Real World | 09/15/05
It depends on their intent.  osreinstall | 09/15/05
You may be right, but if you sue all the torrent sites...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/15/05
Yes, and as it should be  voska | 09/15/05
Uh....  James T. Kirk | 09/15/05
amen  Kawadaracing | 09/15/05
That is dangerous  tima_z | 09/15/05
My understanding is the torrent creator is working full time now.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/15/05
My comment about the gun companies still stands  tima_z | 09/15/05
He is not selling, they are donations  tima_z | 09/15/05
Making money from p2p software is perfectly legal  tic swayback | 09/15/05
Which one do you want to sue?  B.O.F.H. | 09/15/05
I don't want to sue anyone. Do you?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/15/05
What will you sue the maker for?  tic swayback | 09/15/05
*I* am not suing anyone, how about you?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/15/05
what advantage?  Jeff Spicoli | 09/15/05
Are you now abandoning your earlier comment?  tic swayback | 09/15/05
You are still confused.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/15/05
So you are suggesting a lawsuit for the RIAA  tic swayback | 09/15/05
No suggestion at all, possibly a prediction.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/16/05
Best work on your communication skills then  tic swayback | 09/16/05
And I suggest working on your listening skills.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/16/05
You're still not communicating well  tic swayback | 09/16/05
Especially since..  Patrick Jones | 09/15/05
You knew it was coming  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/15/05
HUH?  Tim Patterson | 09/15/05
What a silly spin... But then look at weho posted it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/15/05
ok bit  Tim Patterson | 09/15/05
I've never trashed P2P the technology...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/15/05
yeah, you're only frothing at the mouth to see it made illegal  Jeff Spicoli | 09/15/05
Put up or shut up...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/15/05
that's just it though Bitty  Jeff Spicoli | 09/16/05
there is nothing illegal about P2P  Jeff Spicoli | 09/15/05
Tell you? How about this, read the courts ruling.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/15/05
How about you read it?  Letophoro | 09/16/05
You read it to your favor, RIAA to their favor.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/16/05
Grokster was limited.  Anton Philidor | 09/15/05
True enough, but you know efforts to use it...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/15/05
pure speculation  Jeff Spicoli | 09/15/05
Enter Darknets, Encrypted P2P, Offshore Hosting  bweir13 | 09/15/05
so true  Protector | 09/15/05
Driving the technology  tic swayback | 09/15/05
Well Put  tystoy1 | 09/15/05
I'd like to see..  Jeff Spicoli | 09/15/05
wow that a hell of a post  toxicfreak | 09/15/05
Buwahahahaha... You must be kidding.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/15/05
Oh man Bit!  Jeff Spicoli | 09/15/05
Wishful thinking  tic swayback | 09/16/05
I will just forge my identity and logon  osreinstall | 09/15/05
Balance  tic swayback | 09/16/05
Misunderstanding  osreinstall | 09/16/05
p2p is driving broadband  tic swayback | 09/16/05
I don't think so  osreinstall | 09/16/05
Journalistic confusion  tic swayback | 09/16/05
Journalists were never accurate.  osreinstall | 09/16/05
That study was by the RIAA  tic swayback | 09/16/05
Reply  ab@... | 09/16/05
Re: That study was by the RIAA  osreinstall | 09/16/05
Reply to Reply  osreinstall | 09/16/05
A few facts to be helpful.  Anton Philidor | 09/17/05
Hang the SCUMBAGS from a high oak tree !  realitycheck101 | 09/15/05
Troll!  Protector | 09/15/05
You need  tystoy1 | 09/15/05
Please do not feed the trolls. (NT)  James T. Kirk | 09/15/05
How stupid are you?  csa0307 | 09/15/05
The RIAA will die  Protector | 09/15/05
They may slow but will NEVER stop it  darreno1 | 09/15/05
DRM is the only real answer.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/16/05
What customer will buy hardware that contains this?  Protector | 09/16/05
It's a hard-sell  tic swayback | 09/16/05
Ones that are kept ignorant  mujadaddy | 09/16/05
When it is the only act in town by law.  osreinstall | 09/17/05
Or the market will move elsewhere  tic swayback | 09/17/05
In the future, that will be your only choice or do without.  osreinstall | 09/17/05
In the future  X41 | 09/17/05
Those appliances will even be more restricted.  osreinstall | 09/17/05
but....  darreno1 | 09/18/05
Unless they make legacy hardware non-compatible.  osreinstall | 09/18/05
Let me explain some more....  darreno1 | 09/18/05
I think you missed my point on their insistance.  osreinstall | 09/19/05
Reply  ab@... | 09/16/05
The RIAA is full of it  ab@... | 09/16/05
What is MUTE P2P  creed21 | 09/19/05

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