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i have been downloading music from kazaa for some time now. sometimes i have downloaded por*. but not that many times. do u think i am in trouble. coz i am so worried! i dont wanna go 2 jail

u most likely wont

You know, I've had Kazaa Lite, and I've been having internet problems so I called my internet service, SNIP, and they said that the RIAA is searching for people, but as of right now its only people that share their files and have tons and tons (like 1,000 and up) songs. Porn doesn't matter, every guy in the world downloads that, lol, the only thing I'd worry about is if you download the illegal porn, cause ya know, its not really legal, haha. But they're starting to lose things, my friend's friend is on their hitlist, and has been for months now and they haven't done anything at all, so just stop sharing the files (if you're not sure how, just highlight all of them and click Share so its off) so people can't really track back to your computer.

it's better to be safe then sorry, besides i like free stuff like the next guy, but its' really stealing. just expect them to treat it like theft and be careful. I wouldn't participate in that anymore, cause this is just the beginning.

One possible solution is as soon as you download a song, to take it off your shared folder and put it onto a seperate one in My Documents or somethin.

the best thing to do is stop using kazza. it sucks and put spyware on your pc. try something else. *coughmirccough*

Nah, use Kazaa Lite. Its kazaa without the restrictions and Spyware

It depends on the laws of your country, i think ur in pakistan so i dont know what the law there states about pornographic material. If your thinking from that the US might come after you for porn uhm..dont worry about that bud The RIAA is going after those who swap large quantities of music on P2P software, but the RIAA has no juristiction to prosecute anyone out of the US for swapping songs. I dont think they also have any say on porno, there is no porno association muhahah, however if ur swapping child porno is a diffrent story, that comes under the FBI then buddy u got a biiiiiiiig problem if so!!

nah. i just download sum celebrity por*. not all the time at all. and i have stopped sharing my files. put i m goin back 2 pakistan this weekend. do u think that i am safe in america now. coz my bro lives there and i hope they dont go 2 him.he has stopped.and do u think there is n e effect after i download a song and then delete it after listenin2 it?

Yes, only the most serious users are being targetted- and you have to be distributing for them to target you. Mind you, if you are sharing and and have downloaded a lot and left it in the shared folder you will be distributing by default.

It is always worth noting that downloading copyrighted material is illegal, but not only is it impractical for them to wade through the many millions of users trying to track each tiny download, they only really care if you are making a huge habit out of it. No-one begrudges the odd tune but there is an entire underground industry pumping out hundreds and thousands and it is the real organised part of it all they are trying to stop. Right now it is only in the US but others will probably follow sometime.

No-one really cares that much about porn, of course, because trying to prove ownership of it is near impossible and the porn industry trying to mount an effort to protect itself is unlikely to be as commercially and publically popular as the music industry!

So yeah, try not to do anything illegal, folks, 'tis the best way. Artists and all the others that work on music deserve to be paid for their work.

Meanwhile, moving this to the GDF.

I totally stopped sharing my fabulous files!
Moved all my MP3's out of 'My Shared Folder'.

But I'm still downloading babes! Those RIAA hoes aint stoppin me!

..what r you kiddin' me? The's only ONE reason i don't like to use kazaa.....and that's called spyware, not copyright or anything else.
about 98% of my whole software cds are pirated. I don't know if i can count 5 original cds among them (well..MAYBE 5)
so..relax.

good luck everybody

good luck at what?

hey...we're really the VICTIMS here ..if anyone asks me...i go
"well....i got them off the internet. Didn't say 'nythin bout no copyright there. "

with the same whistle?

good luck and hope nobody gets caught downloading

its not our fault that todays music isnt worth paying for.

Exactly!
I only buy tunes that deserve to be!

Flavor-of-the week songs I dl

yep, if you wanna blame anyone, blame the lousy bands of today, not our fault they're just in it for the money.

yeah....we could actually sue them for making us download the songs we like.

yeah, if the music was good, i would have no problem paying money to listen.

well...i doubt the airport controll guy's gonna take that chit chat if he decides to ask...
"hey..what the hell's up with that bag FULL of cds?!?!"

in belgium you don't have that problem noone cares, I have over 2000 MP3's, but I ain't sharing, I'd get over my upload limit in 5 secs or so

oh! Fire! didn't expect that from you!
was thinking in the lines of 5000

yeah..romanias safe with that too. not that i wouldn't like to buy original cds...if it would worth it.

hehe, nha, not that many good songs out there

I know, but I was thinking in the lines of "de foute 40"

no idea what you're talking about

that makes 2 of us

hehe

Blame the fact that they boost up CD prices. I'd buy more CDs if they were 11 bucks like they used to be, not when I buy a soundtrack and its 26 + tax.

Tex, your such a rebel.

People get on Kazaa or iMesh every day and download music illegally. Hardly anyone goes to the store anymore to buy the CD. The artists who make the songs aren't getting their money. I've heard that the government or something is cracking down on people who are doing this. They've been catching people somehow and are fining them somehow. I actually didn't even know this was illegal until now. I have to change the way I get music. I've heard of iTunes. You can download the program. They have a selection of hundreds of thousands of songs. You can buy and download only the songs you want for $.99 each, or you can get the entire album. Also, it has superior sound quality. This was good and I was really excited about it until I found out that it is only for Macintosh computers. I'm not going out and buying a Mac. They don't support like 99% of the games that are out. Plus, I don't even know how to use one. Does anybody know if there is another program like iTunes for windows that has the same massive amount of songs for download?

download music from kazaa, just move the music files out of your 'shared folder' and into a seperate one that isnt being shared and cant be viewed.

..but you didnt hear that from us * wink,wink* we dont down load music or movies or...well you know

i actually dont download music or movies, only porn. there isnt much music i that i find worth listening too.

I just buy the CD's... I like buying CD's!

i do as well, if its worth buying, which very few are.

I dont know... I've got very broad tastes so I dont tend to mind.
That doesn't mean I haven't had the odd illecit song off the net ...

i downloaded TONS of music this summer....but not from kazaa..it's safer.
I too like to buy cds if it's worth it...just today i've bought the matrrix reloaded soundtrack for 20 CAD, and there are 2 cds..i think it's worth it...
(too bads i had already downloaded quite a few of them )

ummm.... i go to kaaza legally. i just got my bill a couple daze ago

..what??

really? I didnt even know they could bill any one.

soudns like a scam

a bill from kazaa? did u like register to something?

yeah you can register to use kazaa pro, which bills you however much a month.

so what are the advantages?

you wont get arrested if found, i guess... plus i think the quality is better or something, im not sure, im not a sucker so i dont do it.

heheh....really man..i don't trust kazaa..that spyware is extremely dangerous. especially for people who access bank accounts from their home pc. Back in romania..i don't have anything important on my pc so i use it...though i can't get much out of it with my dial-up connection

i dont do anything important of my pc, im lazy, but not lazy to the point where i cant make a trip to the bank when i need money, there is no excuse for such a pathetic action (other then being physically handicapped)

oh...no, bf...i'm not talking about simply withdrawals....managin your account..it's popular these days..everyone does it. Especially with these credit cards

Selling songs legally for $0.99 each is highway robbery!
No CD, no case, no booklet, art, record company doesn't have to manufacture/ship, store etc, each song should only cost $0.33!

that's why it's better taking them free

oh ok, i gotcha

Indeed true.


I download lots of music, and have no problems admitting it; cause I'm a good customer of the record industry. I buy hella lot of cd's every month, so I don't feel like I'm stealing. I download to check out music..i

companies in america are going all out to bring down file sharing sites and try and su people who use them - theyre goig for broke and all

its a big deal

same with these dvds people mysteriously get from taiwan and japan

their really trying to crack down on it

currently listening to enigma- mirror behind the screen

"Well, I'm glad you're here to tell us these things!
Chuwie, take the professor and plug him in in the back!"

I DownLoad everything I need, movies, songs, software, games, books everything I don't give a damn it's illegal.
Altho I also buy all those things
I buy Movies: mostly VHS, if it's really good I'll buy DVD (DLed movies don't have the same quality)
I buy CD's: From the few bans I am willing to support, namely Metallica, Bryan Adams, Bon Jovi, AC/DC, Rammstein and a few belgian bands.
I buy Software: Altho the last I bought was win98SE, Win isn't worth paying for and all the other stuff you need you can find online
I buy Games: The few I think are really worth the money last one was Age of Mythology and C&C Generals.
Books: I buy the ones I think are really good like LOTR and the Books from WOTC (Mostly the core rule books from D&D) all other D&D books I download, no need to pay a big amount of money when I can DL them for free

i buy them too...from other pirates ofcourse

A note- there is NO paid version of Kazaa that makes it in any way legal to download copyrighted material! I don't want anyone caught out by that...

It's all very well justifying downloading copyrighted material in countires with decent copyright law, but it is still theft and companies will be entitled to come after you for it. So play it safe and be legal.

ofc. not

id be legal if the music was worth a damn today. teh majority is just recycled crap to make money anyways.

I read the list and saw your name...they are coming for you!

they wouldnt even throw you in jail, they'd probably just fine you or something.

They've only fined around 200 people I heard, 200 people out of thousands and thousands that have downloaded. Scare tactics maybe.

well... works for me
*plays scared and hides behind pillow*

hehe

New insight. Kazaa is sueing the RIAA. They say that the RIAA posted "dummy files" on kazaa to try to catch people, which is against their policy in the first place, but second, they're using the program to catch people using the program. Thats like murdering somebody to catch a murderer. This will die down soon enough

that's posted in the music-section I think
but the mods should move this one

i dont think that people have been sued in canada i thinks its jus the states

i have kazaa......*looks around scared* they're not going to get me?????

they should get through us first, m'lady

*cries*

ok... that had to sound reassuring, guess I'm not good at that either!

no i don't want all the mean kazaa people to coem and arrest all you guys!

not all of us live in the states where they are pressing charges
and i have kazaa lite

we'll defend ourselves, cerm

and do you use a stick for that yerss

no, I proved that I can do more damage unarmed

really
awww but i miss the stick

stick!
where???

no stick, they're not arresting me yet

lol, won't be long anymore tho yerss

I just have to make a call :P

bring it on, I'm up for a fight!

I'll keep it in mind

we pay the .99/month for the kazaa lite. it doesn't make it legal, but it does stop the spyware & ads. we don't download very much anyway, plus we have the "share" function disabled. also, once we download a song, we move it into another folder to be safe. or we burn a cd & delete it. the main reason we use it is when our music students ask to learn a song, and we need to hear it a few times to teach it to them. i still buy plenty of cd's.

hehe I still don't see the moral problem with downloading music, anything else, I admit is stealing but with the price of CD's these days I don't consider downloading music stealing

Logic? you say it's stealing but then when you find out you download, you deceide it isn't?

no I admit that it is stealing technicaly speaking

but for me personaly I don't consider it stealing

so if someone were to ask me do you think downloading music is stealing; I'd say no
but if someone were to ask me is downloading music stealind; I'd say yes

oh, look! a puppy! *runs off*

*follows*

there is a difference between what I personaly think and what is actual fact

Why do you pay for KazaaLite, Juli?

i dont consider it stealing either fire, it doenst embody the spirit of stealing really. we are not taking an actual product of any kind, merely something that is provided to us for a fairer price.

cause they don't want the ads and the spyware I guess
I just have my virus scan and pop-up killer counter it all instead of paying

We're just taking something that we would easily pay for would the price be democratic and we are paying for something that is imo actualy common goods

I wasn't aware of another way to have Kazaa without the spyware & ads, etc. w/o paying the fee. Besides, it was Bryan who decided to set it up that way. I think he was under the impression at first that it made it legal. I informed him otherwise. Should I not be paying .99/month?

Sharing music is stealing, but hell, the corporates steal 75% of my labor every day...

Lol, **coughenroncough**

i have kazaa lite and dont pay anything

ofc not only a sap would pay no offence to anyone

*takes no offence since he doesn't pay*

good

I find other ways to annoy you

darn

yes... that's what they all say ... "darn"

didn't know that was possible.

again - didn't know it was possible to have kazaa lite w/o paying.

yes, sorry Juli, you are being had if you are paying for it.

*sobs*

no fair! well, we paid for one year all at once, or maybe it was two? i won't pay anymore after that runs out.

Was it maybe a voluntary donation? You say your husband handled it; the people who write these free programmes often ask for donations.

They called it a "subscription". It advertised it as "no spyware" "no ads" - for .99 per month, but you had to pay 2 years, I think, at once. I can look back & see exactly who we paid, when & how much, but I think it was around $23 or $24. Bummer, huh?!?

Sorry

http://www.kazaalite.tk/

As you can see, it is free.

*pukes*

i hate scams!!!!!!! i will go back through my records & find out who we paid.