First RIAA hit list of Kazaa users

[TankGirl]

From Zeropaid:

The following user names were pulled from subpoenas filed with the US District Court in Washington, DC. A total of 253 RIAA subpoenas were listed as of July 22 through the federal court system's paid online database, PACER. The actual subpoenas are available to view online in about half the cases.

The court documents don't show individual users' real names. They do show file-sharing network user names, the user's ISP, the user's IP address, and a sampling of copyright songs the user allegedly made available for download.

Aab@Kazaa
Aboggs2@Kazaa
allstatetide@Kazaa
Amissann2@Kazaa
AngelaMikesell@Kazaa
anon39023@Kazaa
anthonybotz@Kazaa
aoster1@Kazaa
Ariel167@fileshare
asheejojo@Kazaa
Ashley@Grokster
azn_bahamut@Kazaa
B.B.C@Kazaa
badandy@Kazaa
Benchy987@Kazaa
Bigeasssy24@Kazaa
Bigpimpinitopey187@Kazaa
bigjohnhc@Kazaa
blazel@Kazaa
bluemonkey13@Kazaa
Boilermaker1214@Kazaa
brentandjonna@Kazaa
brich410@Kazaa
budman5000@Kazaa
Bush323@Kazaa
cado@Kazaa
Carolyn@fileshare
Casal@Kazaa
cbegalle@Kazaa
cherriie@Kazaa
CLOVER77@Kazaa
Corky101@Kazaa
Cortez1023@Kazaa
CowgirlMDR@Kazaa
crazyface@Kazaa
d-dubb@Grokster
dallass@Kazaa
daredevil@Kazaa
DEFAINCE357@Kazaa
definitely_ditzy@Kazaa
dimples0530@Kazaa
dmadigan@Kazaa
dotzbadger@Kazaa
dubcha@Kazaa
dulfingurl2@Kazaa
Dyellagurl22@Kazaa
Dziion@Kazaa
eddieh@Kazaa
emmi4@Kazaa
enbbarnes@Kazaa
ERIKA@Kazaa
felicia_alvarado@Kazaa
flowerpower0818@fileshare
fox3j@Kazaa
freckles72587@Kazaa
fritzbuilding@Kazaa
Generalby@Kazaa
Ghettobootybabe8@Kazaa
h2ochamp@kazaa
harris@Kazaa
heather_thee_amazing@Kazaa
hoami316@Kazaa
hooterzzz@Kazaa
hottdude0587@Kazaa
HyDang@Kazaa
ilovemydez@Kazaa
indepunk74@Kazaa
inthisroom@Kazaa
jamonie@Kazaa
JE_WV@Kazaa
Jeff@Kazaa
Jessica@Kazaa
jim@Kazaa
joanjett@Kazaa
joe@Kazaa
jomada@Kazaa
JustineRiot@Kazaa
kelney12@Kazaa
kenne007@Kazaa
KrAyZiE@Kazaa
ktgurl13@Grokster
kunstrukter@Kazaa
ladypimp8669@Kazaa
laurelbean@Kazaa
leahpate@Kazaa
LiLHuNnIe1480@Kazaa
Lisweet@Kazaa
Lyssy348@Kazaa
madkirk@fileshare
Marge4131@Kazaa
Marla262@Kazaa
mgokey@Kazaa
mike@Kazaa
Motivator@Kazaa
munkeyspanker21@Kazaa
nikki@Kazaa
Niltiak@Kazaa
Nodopefor2@Kazaa
paulina@Kazaa
pdia@Kazaa
PDJ1846@Kazaa
Playgirlmama@Kazaa
Prtythug23@Kazaa
qjade512@Kazaa
rebecca_m_122@Kazaa
rips42@Kazaa
rochelle@Kazaa
RockOn182@Kazaa
samlionofzino@Kazaa
shakobe@Kazaa
shonga84@Kazaa
sk8boyben@Kazaa
sneil@Kazaa
soccerdog@Kazaa
StolenSi@Kazaa
sus@Kazaa
Sweet3114@Kazaa
sweetthang1421@Kazaa
TheLastReal7@Kazaa
TMONEYNDHIZOUSE@kazaa
Tyler@Kazaa
Unit984@Kazaa
Westly_NoGood@Kazaa
www.k_lite.tk_Kazaa_Lite@Kazaa

[Dawn]

Wow, that's quite a list. (tho I was sure I wouldn't be on it, and I'm not)

[greedy_lars]

hahaha pretty sure that klite tk one is the default name it starts you with, and theres always 1000s using it.

[ranger121]

Originally posted by TankGirl
From Zeropaid:

The following user names were pulled from subpoenas filed with the US District Court in Washington, DC. A total of 253 RIAA subpoenas were listed as of July 22 through the federal court system's paid online database, PACER. The actual subpoenas are available to view online in about half the cases.

The court documents don't show individual users' real names. They do show file-sharing network user names, the user's ISP, the user's IP address, and a sampling of copyright songs the user allegedly made available for download.

munkeyspanker21@Kazaa


www.k_lite.tk_Kazaa_Lite@Kazaa

Imagine the scene..

"Mr Munkeyspanker, could you please tell the Court why you think what you were doing was legal?"

"Excuse me, Councellor, but 'Munkeyspanker'?"

"That's Mister Munkeyspanker, yes."

"Wha?"

"Fuck me, Judge, don't ya know anything?

[Jadesun]

All else aside TG...
Damn, I didn't make the cut!!

[theknife]

Originally posted by Jadesun
All else aside TG...
Damn, I didn't make the cut!!

...and what would you do if you did make the cut?

think i'd start by immediately transferring all assets to some trusted family member

[goldie]

One could also file bankrupcy right quick..............

[theknife]

Originally posted by goldenrod
One could also file bankrupcy right quick..............

that's step 2, after you cache your assets

[goldie]

Well hell, I feel so much better now that we've at least got a defense plan

[theknife]

from the zillions of articles on the subject, there comes a little optimism:

Sacramento attorney Daniel Ballard hopes some parents will choose to challenge the RIAA rather than settle. "I'd do the case pro bono. I believe this could be a landmark case on the issue of fair use," he says. "People have been sharing songs forever on tape. To share digitally is no different."

you gotta love this guy's attitude

it's a goldmine of publicity for any lawyer who wants to play David to the RIAA's Goliath...i'll bet there are more than a few who are willing to duke this thing out

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2003-07-23-riaa_x.htm

[naz]

One of my friends, sweetgurl809, is looking at hard time here!

[Gutrguy]

i noticed that there is

@kazaa
@grokster
@fileshare

What is fileshare, and why is iMesh not in that list of people since i
esh uses the same network...

[Jadesun]

Originally posted by theknife
...and what would you do if you did make the cut?

think i'd start by immediately transferring all assets to some trusted family member

If I made the cut...well hmmm as the saying goes 'ya can't get blood from a rock'...so I guess I would be lookin at time

[TheOnlyBob]

Originally posted by Gutrguy
i noticed that there is

@kazaa
@grokster
@fileshare

What is fileshare, and why is iMesh not in that list of people since i
esh uses the same network...

@fileshare is IMesh =)

[TankGirl]

EFF has opened an online database of subpoenad FastTrack users. By typing in your FastTrack username you can check whether you have been hit.

- tg

[TankGirl]

From Slyck:


A new organization has been set up to help users or ISPs that have received supbpoenas called the Subpoena Defense Alliance that will instruct users/ISPs how not to get sued by the RIAA and what to do if you have already been targeted by them.

Another website, Chilling Effects, is maintaining information about Freedom of Speech and maintains a database of abuse of the subpoenas. Both websites are joint ventures supported by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and other public advocacy organizations along with a host of Universities.

The websites are an encouraging sign that there is a growing tide of opposition to the new tactics being employed by the RIAA.

The next step is questionable by the RIAA who has promised to sue thousands of file-sharing users. They have the names now of hundreds of users, but many have speculated that before any suing actually begins, the organizations working with the RIAA plan on doing thorough checks first to ensure that they are not suing any senators children or others who support them. So it may be some time before the lawsuites actually begin going out.

However, if you are caught in the RIAA dragnet, you now have two new sources of information to help you battle the BULLY.

Links:

The Subpoena Defense Alliance

Chilling Effects

- tg

[assorted]

i hope i make the cut! at least i wouldn't settle like that pussy college kid (who was only running a search engine for the network no less!). I still can't believe people gave to his settlement fund! I mean, he settled! He admitted wrongdoing! Grrrr...

Of course, I don't use kazzaa... If they move on to certain bittorrent sites, irc channels or soulseek then i'll be good to go!

[TankGirl]

The Boston Globe:
Protecting privacy from the 'new spam'
By Peter Swire, 7/27/2003

THE BATTLE is heating up between the recording industry and those who download copies of their favorite music. the Recording Industry Association of America is bringing hundreds of lawsuits nationwide against home users of peer- to-peer (P2P) software, including students at Boston College and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Republican Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah recently used a Senate hearing to suggest that copyright owners should be able to warn home users once or twice, and then actually destroy the computers if the apparently infringing songs were not removed.

Overlooked in the heated rhetoric has been a victim of the RIAA's campaign - the privacy of all those who surf the Internet or send e-mail. On the RIAA view, your sensitive personal information on the Web would be available to anyone who can fill out a one-page form. Congress can and should step in to fix this problem immediately.

The problem began in late 2002, when the RIAA demanded that Verizon Online, an Internet service provider, identify one of its customers based on an accusation that the person may have violated copyright laws by swapping files.

Verizon declined, citing the threats to customer privacy, due process, and the First Amendment. Was Verizon overreacting? No.

The new process starts when any website operator, recipient of an e-mail, or participant in a P2P network learns the Internet Protocol address of the home user. These IP addresses are automatically communicated by the nature of the Net, but until now only the ISP could usually match an IP address with a user's identity.

When a copyright holder fills out a one-page form, however, a federal court clerk must now immediately issue a subpoena. That subpoena orders the ISP to turn over the name, home address, and phone number that matches the IP address.

This procedure violates due process. There is no judicial oversight and only the flimsiest showing of cause. Furthermore, Internet service providers risk large penalties if they even question the validity of a subpoena.

Privacy is destroyed because it becomes so easy to reveal the identity of Internet users. The First Amendment is undermined because of the chilling effect if every e- mail and every post to a Web page can be quickly tracked back to a home address and phone number.

The early use of these subpoenas has shown startling mistakes by copyright holders. One recording industry subpoena this spring - based on a patently incorrect allegation - nearly closed down a college astronomy department's Web server in the middle of exam week. A major studio has sought a subpoena based on the careless assertion that a tiny computer file was a copy of a Harry Potter movie. (It was a child's book report instead.)

An even greater risk is putting this subpoena power in the hands of anyone willing to pretend to have a copyright claim. These fraudulent requests will be impossible to distinguish from legitimate ones.

This flood of legally sanctioned harassment will quickly become the ''new spam,'' with the kinds of abuses as limitless as the Internet itself:

The most common use may be that of website operators who want to identify their visitors for marketing purposes or for more nefarious reasons, including identity theft, fraud, or stalking.

Porn sites and gambling sites could track down visitors and demand payment not to reveal the user's identity, all under the pretext of enforcing the site's ''copyright.''

Private investigators will gain an unstoppable way to turn an e-mail address into a person's name and physical address.

Fortunately, a better alternative is clear. Courts have already used ''John Doe'' procedures where one party tries to learn the name of an anonymous Internet user. In these cases, users can object (anonymously) to having their identity revealed. The judge looks at the facts. If the person is engaged in illegal piracy, then the judge reveals the name and orders effective sanctions. If the copyright holder or scam artist does not have a winning case, then the user names remain private.

John Doe legislation of this sort is being considered now in California and should become a priority in Congress as well. The RIAA lawsuits against users are beginning now, long before the appeal of the Verizon proceeding will be decided.

Before the ''new spam'' proliferates, we should have fair procedures in place that will protect intellectual property while protecting privacy, free speech, and due process as well.

Peter Swire is professor at the Moritz College of Law of the Ohio State University, and was the Clinton Administration's chief privacy counselor.

This story ran on page E11 of the Boston Globe on 7/27/2003.

[TankGirl]

Now you can search EFF's subpoena database also with your IP address. This is quite useful as there may e.g. be many family members using p2p software with different nicks from the same IP address.

- tg

[goldie]

Originally posted by TankGirl
Now you can search EFF's subpoena database also with your IP address. This is quite useful as there may e.g. be many family members using p2p software with different nicks from the same IP address.

- tg

also all us dynamic IP peeps had best keep a notepad handy and be sure to keep a log of renews each day

not sure if the dial-upers are on the menu but better safe than sorry..........might as well keep a log of that too :S