RIAA Files Lawsuit Against Direct Connect!

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Posted by jon on Apr-18-2003 20:30:

people seam to be getin to caried away here, this action atm is specifically targeted at some hubs run on college computers not the EMC hub

Posted by Dbk on Apr-18-2003 20:39:

There are just too many hubs to target, shutting them down one by one would literaly take forever.

Posted by P�Re-Energy on Apr-18-2003 21:23:

Fuck the riaa.. Fuck them hard in the ass... theres no way they could ever stop all the file sharing goin on in the world... Those greedy bastards

Posted by vmc on Apr-18-2003 21:28:

thay can chew my lollipop..

don't believe propaganda, they cannot do anything to dc.

Posted by INFERNO2K on Apr-18-2003 21:35:

The RIAA attempts to halt technology from advancing. Unfortunately that is impossible, and they fail to realize.

Posted by ExOn on Apr-18-2003 21:36:

FTP's is the best choice.. harder to get ahold of but they are so much better. No RIAA insite! Greedy fucks!

Posted by DJ_D|ABL0_ on Apr-18-2003 21:58:

They cant shut it down. There's only once central server and that's used for their public hub list and website. Get rid of that and there's no central resource for them to shut down.

Try it.

DC++ is far better anyhow, like to see them shut down an open source project YAAA RIIIIGHT.

Posted by DJ Kandaio on Apr-18-2003 22:30:

In order for them to have any legal grounds to prosecute Direct Connect they would would have to attack the hub servers, rather than the software makers.

THe software itself does nothing without the servers, and quite frankly, RIAA can't get to the thousands of servers set up. Long live the hub!!

Posted by [mart] on Apr-18-2003 23:18:

I would imagine that for every hub shut down by the RIAA several more would be established...it's a losing battle. Additionally, RIAA is an intensely shit acronym.

Posted by montie on Apr-19-2003 01:30:

quote:
Originally posted by torontotrance
Side Note: Anyone know where I can buy Ulrich Schnauss - Far Away Passing Trains IN CANADA!

i'd kill for that
check gemm.com
tell me if you find anything.

Posted by Dmatrox on Apr-19-2003 02:27:

quote:
Originally posted by joeh152
The RIAA dont seem to understand that they will never be able to stop the music of the record labels they represent being shared. Be it on FTP's, Napster, Kazzaa, Audiogalaxy - over the years you've been able to download all the popular big money making stuff and they have no way of stopping that.

It's the specialist dance music which is on the Hub, and if that was to close it would be hard to find an alternative.

In other words i am saying they have no way to stop their big money pop shite being shared - so why do they bother trying to stop our stuff that has fuck all to do with them? Are they simple???

I agree, the RIAA cant stop the sharing of music because people just switch to another medium anways.

I guess the RIAA is rich enough to buy many "good" lawyers to sue the small timers. They might as well give away their money to charity or something instead of wasting their money and time stopping something that cant be stopped.

Posted by Funk T on Apr-19-2003 06:13:

homo's

Posted by nrjizer on Apr-19-2003 07:17:

Im a bit late to this thread and too tired to read thru the replies... so if my opinions have already been made by someone else, you know why

Theres not a fucking thing the RIAA can do to DC. Unlike Napster, Audiogalaxy, or most all other music/file sharing programs, there is no central server to shut down. Its all run by the users. They cant sue them all, and certainly couldnt even gain access to many of them that are password protected (like our own EMC hub). Once again the RIAA is going to make an ass of itself.

Posted by netw3rkd on Apr-19-2003 07:36:

I dunno why you guys are bothering to care really...cause they won't succede and I can guarentee it. Let's not forget..EMC is private and soon oldos...so theres not a god damn thing they can do. Secondly, they can't do anything in counties where have have no power...so don't get your shit in a knot. =) Just continue to leech!

Posted by hill_matthew on Apr-19-2003 10:37:

Perhaps these forums should b e locked out to un-registered users (of tranceaddict) so ppl from the riaa can't find out about the hub. They'd need to register, and everybody who is registered is vetted, so this lessens thew liklihood they'd bother to root the hub out.

Even if DC is killed, we still have the software, and the source to the software so as long as the people hosting the hub aren't found, everything is fine.

Posted by Zen on Apr-19-2003 17:29:

Ugh. So dumb. Like someone already said, why fight something that will never go away

If DC is shut down we can just use mIRC.

Posted by Blithe on Apr-20-2003 05:01:

quote:
Originally posted by Zen

...If DC is shut down we can just use mIRC.

No!! Don't make me go back to the dark days of waiting in queue lines to have horrible pop-alternative song's DCC'd to me a horribly incredible slow speeds! And then having a netsplit and all the transfers and queue lines get dumped... I won't do it! I just wont!

Posted by u4ea:[soulstar] on Apr-20-2003 09:59:

Re: RIAA aren't record collectors' friends

quote:
Originally posted by Vesa
RIAA the damn bastards shut down AG last year only to support the pop industry, and as collateral damage ruined the market for vintage trance altogether Without AG it's almost impossible to find out about rare 1998-1999 stuff

And now they go after the DC Hubs to complete the destruction

cherish what you have right now, and not take this technology for granted. I have trance tracks only DJs here would dream of having. Not even the stores carry what I have.

that reminds me, I need to buy a harddrive so I can leech like crazy before something happens..

Posted by Breeze on Apr-20-2003 12:20:

U people are worry worts.
Downloading shit we always be free.

Just think how lucky u have been to get shit for free all this time if DC was going to get fucked

Posted by P�Re-Energy on Apr-22-2003 06:33:

Yo whatever happened to making music because you love too??? although pop music is just corporate fat cats behind the scene.. I think that 100% of the djs would still dj if they didnt get fat checks too..

Posted by Arbiter on Apr-22-2003 07:40:

Allow me to repeat, since people seem to have a tough time wrapping their heads around this idea:

This doesn't affect you at all, so chill out FFS.

Posted by jon on Apr-22-2003 08:50:

quote:
Originally posted by Arbiter
Allow me to repeat, since people seem to have a tough time wrapping their heads around this idea:

This doesn't affect you at all, so chill out FFS.

so true...

Posted by dj storm on Apr-22-2003 10:07:

the way i see it they can threaten all they want .if people are determend enough to do something(ie. share their music)they will find a way to do it!
the RIAA are fighting a losing battle

keep your chins up guys we will not be denied

Posted by Stanza on Apr-22-2003 11:52:

Well, the guys from RIAA are having another stab at it again. I can only wonder when those pour souls will stop trying...

Posted by Big Lil on Apr-22-2003 12:20:

lol!! yea i wonder that myself too

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