OT: An Interesting Read About Bit-Torrents

[Suicide Junkie]

Don't forget to sue the makers of that ever-popular shoe-grade cement.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Uh, from the sounds of it, they aren't suing the makers of bittorrent, only sites that offer illegal movie downloads.

[Timstone]

Jack:
That was one of the best Posts since a while. I really like how you illustrated things. Thumbs up for you.

[dogscoff]

OK, so suppose they somehow stop everyone from using P2P apps. What will people do?

Why, they'll burn all those mp3s on to a DVD and mail them to their friends, of course.
Is the RIAA going to outlaw the postal service? How many mp3s can you get on a DVD anyway?

Or maybe ppl will just meet up and swap the contents of their ipods.
Should they outlaw ipods?

Pretty soon wireless technology will be so seamless and pervasive, and mobile storage so great, that you'll be able to run local file-shares with nearby phones, laptops and mp3 players - You'll step onto a crowded train or bus, and half a dozen people on there will have files up for swaps via bluetooth or similar and your own device will start sharing automatically (and more-or-less anonymously). What they gonna do about that?

They can't fight technology, technology moves too fast.

[Timstone]

Before I start this post, I want to stress that I'm not trying to make anyone angry or annoyed.

Okay, everything said and considered about the rediculous moves of the RIAA. But what about their side? What would you do if you were in their place? They have to protect their livelyhood, their job and their future.
I think we have to place ourselfs in their shoes for once and look at the possiblities they have. We (the people who use the extensive technology available to share their music and such) are condeming them, the music (just one of the examples of course) they produce and the bands they represent to death. We're ruining a whole branch of industry.

At the same time we're giving live another new branch of industry; a branch to prevent the swapping, exchanging and sending of the protected goods.

Edit: Typo's!

[Makinus]

The problem Timstone is that RIAA is working in the wrong way... if they want to preserve their way of life, there are better strategies than simply suing everyone that posta a link in the net...

Just to point an example: instead of going after everyone that post in the net mp3, why not make mp3 musics available in the net by a low price (1 or 2 dollars each music) as some artists are doing?

[Timstone]

Yeah, look that is what I meant. I want to hear a few better strategies for the RIAA.

[Makinus]

I myself us p2p programs, but not only for pirating sake.... in fact i only use p2p when i simply can´t find the song/music/program to buy... since i don´t live in the US or Europe (i live in Brazil) i don´t have access to buy a lot of programs and games

you will not belive how long i had to wait for a friend in Miami to send me an original cd of SEIV Gold (after i found a pirated copy of SEIII), and i´m having nightmares about how much time i will have to wait until SEV arrives to me since my friend in not in the US anymore but back in Brazil, but i simply don´t accept pirating SEV, since Aaron is one of the few 'good guys' we find in the game industry nowadays...

[Atrocities]

Timstone said:
Jack:
That was one of the best Posts since a while. I really like how you illustrated things. Thumbs up for you.

Ditto. Excellent post Jack.

[Mayday]

All these companies are going to have to change their plan of attack. I really can't see this legal crusade leading them anywhere but to the alienation of a lot of people.
They obviously can't stop the creation and proliferation of these P2P programs, and they are foolish to think they can.
I mean, not only would they have to deal with stopping every programmer on Earth from making them, but they'd also have to go about suing people internationally.