Kazaa sues the record labels!

[Solarjetman]

Well, in a legal twist, the court case happy RIAA is being sued by the makers of Kazaa. They claim that the actions taken by the RIAA violated the terms of service associated with using Kazaa and also with using Kazaa Lite (a hacked, and illegal, version of Kazaa for those who do not know).

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,98210,00.html

[cotton168]

Very, very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

[lordsmurf]

I actually liked this:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,97438,00.html

"Sen. Sam Brownback , R-Kan., planned to introduce a bill Tuesday to protect Internet providers from such subpoenas. His proposal, which he called the 'Digital Consumer Internet Privacy Protection Act,' would block subpoenas except in pending civil lawsuits or in cases where pirated data files were stored on computers such as Web sites. "

And don't forget, go to www.EFF.org, the Electronic Frontier Foundation

Use this function to send letters to your congressman demanding reform:
http://action.eff.org/legdirectory/index.asp

Our Senators and Reps DO CHECK their e-mail! I have gotten personal correspondence from several of them. They are concerned too! Many iof them, mine included, are still UNSURE of what the people want. TELL THEM!

[jolo]

That is soooooo cool.

Also, why the heck do the ISPs take all this crap from the RIAA. It must be costing them a fortune to go search for names as well as piss of their customers.

Jon

[Vejita-sama]

IIRC the DMCA requires the ISPs to give the info if you can prove a crime as occured. The question is what's the level need to prove a crime? The RIAA has screwed up in at least 3 cases (eg. the grandmother with the mac) that I know of, so it's got to be pretty low.

[jolo]

A crime !! Uhg.

I think that law was put into place to catch child molesters and terrorists.

I just think of how much the RIAA has ripped off artists for so many years to absorb the millions upon millions in legal bills, buying political influence and all of the PR crap.

Jon