Comment Re:Here's an idea... (Score 2) 1180
No no no and no.
I've written about this before but the gist is you are making one HUGE assumption and that is that you have the same protection under the DMCA as the large companies.
You don't. In fact, you probably have next to none at all. The government can't be *forced* to prosecute anyone for criminal acts, and if you think that a network of geeks with MP3 libraries could, even as a collective, fund a civil challenge against Vivendi... (hint: ain't gonna happen).
That's a hole you could sail a battleship through.
Simply put, if you swap MP3s that you don't have the right to, you're violating copyright. The RIAA, et al have a legitimate point. Now, their tactics suck, and there are far superior ways to solve this problem than hacking/DoSing boxes, but saying we have the right to violate copyright and the law is on our side is foolish.
I've written about this before but the gist is you are making one HUGE assumption and that is that you have the same protection under the DMCA as the large companies.
You don't. In fact, you probably have next to none at all. The government can't be *forced* to prosecute anyone for criminal acts, and if you think that a network of geeks with MP3 libraries could, even as a collective, fund a civil challenge against Vivendi... (hint: ain't gonna happen).
That's a hole you could sail a battleship through.
Simply put, if you swap MP3s that you don't have the right to, you're violating copyright. The RIAA, et al have a legitimate point. Now, their tactics suck, and there are far superior ways to solve this problem than hacking/DoSing boxes, but saying we have the right to violate copyright and the law is on our side is foolish.
