Heh, wishful thinking, false sense of protection or does he have a point here? - P2P-Zone

goldie · 21-09-03, 01:47 PM

I dunno legally if he has a leg to stand on (I'd doubt it) as the RIAA has managed to change laws to suit their own devious purposes.

...............there are no rights for the wee little people of the world.

And as much as I'd like to believe this fella's statement would offer some kind of protection, me thinks you'd probably have better luck using 1 pointy heeled shoe to kill a nest of angry fireants.

goldie · 21-09-03, 02:18 PM

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Originally posted by goldenrod

Should have said the MPAA...... but ya'll know what I mean......

JackSpratts · 21-09-03, 03:56 PM

it's thought provoking but i doubt he'd get any legal traction from his notice. on the other hand if he stated the server was "closed to everyone," he'd have a much better chance of escaping the "uploader as distributor" label the riaa is attempting to pin on file sharers, especially if he had a clickable acceptance box. by clicking yes and then commencing a transfer anyway, all downloaders would in effect be trespassing, and that would weaken the riaa's distribution case against him. as to why he's running a p2p in the first place, well he might need to transfer files between his own machines, and require a free and efficient way to do so.

- js.

pod · 21-09-03, 11:25 PM

This 'notice' has about as much weight as those silly notices on BBSes and warez web sites saying if you're a law enforcement agent you can't go in. Which is to say, none at all.

21-09-03, 01:47 PM	#1
goldie yea, it's me. Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: usa Posts: 2,093	Heh, wishful thinking, false sense of protection or does he have a point here? I dunno legally if he has a leg to stand on (I'd doubt it) as the RIAA has managed to change laws to suit their own devious purposes. ...............there are no rights for the wee little people of the world. And as much as I'd like to believe this fella's statement would offer some kind of protection, me thinks you'd probably have better luck using 1 pointy heeled shoe to kill a nest of angry fireants.

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21-09-03, 03:56 PM	#3
JackSpratts Join Date: May 2001 Location: New England Posts: 10,017	it's thought provoking but i doubt he'd get any legal traction from his notice. on the other hand if he stated the server was "closed to everyone," he'd have a much better chance of escaping the "uploader as distributor" label the riaa is attempting to pin on file sharers, especially if he had a clickable acceptance box. by clicking yes and then commencing a transfer anyway, all downloaders would in effect be trespassing, and that would weaken the riaa's distribution case against him. as to why he's running a p2p in the first place, well he might need to transfer files between his own machines, and require a free and efficient way to do so. - js.

21-09-03, 11:25 PM	#4
pod Bumbling idiot Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Vancouver, CA Posts: 787	This 'notice' has about as much weight as those silly notices on BBSes and warez web sites saying if you're a law enforcement agent you can't go in. Which is to say, none at all.