The RIAA Should Read This

[Katie Schmitz]

I sure wish that the RIAA would take a chill pill and read this article (http://www.boingboing.net/2006/06/28/p2p_insurer_will_pay.html?hero).

[TBSowns524]

This is a fantastic idea.

edit: Although it would increase illegal downloading, which I don't think is a good thing. It also will probably cause the RIAA to stiffen the penalties or increase the number of lawsuits.

[uh oh smmoreo]

But is it really legit?

[Jonathan Lally]

this made me laugh.. what a great, yet somewhat unrealistic idea..

[The Revisionist]

edit: Although it would increase illegal downloading, which I don't think is a good thing. It also will probably cause the RIAA to stiffen the penalties or increase the number of lawsuits.Exactly. In a nutshell, it will just make the situation even worse... the fact that there are companies being started that will help protect you from illegal downloading will prove the RIAA's point that you shouldn't be doing it.

[Jonathan Lally]

will this company pay your lawyer fees also? lol.

[marchfaster]

thats ridiculous and excessive.

[Katie Schmitz]

fuck the riaa....i have 3 160gig externals full of illegally downloaded music and another 2 with movies....and no plan to ever stop
Your statement implies you don't care if you IP address is accidnetally turned over ;)

[ironlionOROKU]

he probably just shit his pants when you said that

i keep it very masked....don't worry about that

my ip is visible now because i am at work....not when i am at home

[ironlionOROKU]

thats ridiculous and excessive.

nothing is excessive when it comes to music...guy

[MusicOrMisery]

Amazing idea. Props to the person who came up with it.

[Adeniz19]

this is ridiculous but if the RIAA wants to play dirty then I guess they sort of deserve this.

[idobi]

I sure wish that the RIAA would take a chill pill and read this article (http://www.boingboing.net/2006/06/28/p2p_insurer_will_pay.html?hero).

Except there's a minor problem - at least for the people in the US. By purchasing the insurance, you're acknowledging that you know what you're doing is illegal, so the case against you goes from copyright infringement to willful copyright infringement - triple the damages and possible criminal prosecution.

[YourMusicSucks]

Except there's a minor problem - at least for the people in the US. By purchasing the insurance, you're acknowledging that you know what you're doing is illegal, so the case against you goes from copyright infringement to willful copyright infringement - triple the damages and possible criminal prosecution.
Damn. Maybe if they changed the coverage to 'All negative impacts of our software and it's use'? or something along those lines?

That would make it cover viruses, law suits, etc, and not be implicative of knowledgable lawbreaking?

[crit]

...they will pay all your fines and give you a t-shirt if you get convicted for file sharing.

what does the t-shirt say?
"I got sued by the RIAA, had someone else pay my fines, and they even threw in this shirt?"

[zizou1790]

19 dollars haha wow

[Julia Conny]

even if this isn't legit, it's a good sign that file sharing will one day takeover the riaa, even though it already has. times and technology are changing - just deal already.