How the RIAA Catches You
If you’re still into stealing music — I mean, sampling music that you will eventually pay for — you might want to read up on how the RIAA would actually find you. But if you’re using the honor system, this won’t apply to you, right?
The RIAA maintains a list of songs whose distribution rights are owned by the RIAA’s member organizations. It has given that list to Media Sentry, a company it hired to search for online pirates. That company runs copies of the LimeWire program and performs searches for those copyrighted song titles, one by one, to see if any are being offered by people whose computers are connected to the LimeWire network.
Photo by Christy Bassman.
16 Responses to “How the RIAA Catches You”
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On 05/16/08 2:30 PM, Dr. Jones said:
People still use Limewire?? Is it 2002 again or something?
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On 05/16/08 2:40 PM, cardenio said:
can’t wait till they discover torrents…
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On 05/16/08 2:49 PM, Jason said:
I can.
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On 05/16/08 3:14 PM, bradley said:
slsk ftw!
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On 05/16/08 4:22 PM, England said:
Limewire’s old and busted. Torrents are the new hotness.
It’s just like the music industry to be out of touch.
Get with the times, daddio.
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On 05/16/08 5:00 PM, andy said:
What a waste of money.
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On 05/16/08 10:37 PM, Dr. Jones said:
Blogspot is the new Limewire
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On 05/16/08 10:45 PM, bueno said:
so true so true
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On 05/16/08 10:58 PM, matthew said:
sometimes i poop and the turds form the acronym RIAA. its always weird when that happens.
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On 05/17/08 4:05 AM, cory said:
interestingly enough mediasentry’s practices have been deemed illegal in may states recently. I recently spoke with one of Kentucky’s politicians who swore that he’d see to it that the practice is deemed illegal in Kentucky as well.
Also, p2p and torrents are both dead….anyone see that verdict torrentspy just received? Good luck with that “Sony” argument…
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On 05/17/08 9:31 AM, LOSER said:
Im fat
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On 05/17/08 12:39 PM, Shawn said:
I’m an extremely huge fan of music, and am in support of supporting the bands that produce the music. With that being said, it’s f***ing rediculous how high priced alot of these cds are nowdays, and half the cds put out have maybe 2-5 good songs on them.
When you have a sh*tload of bands with a sh*tload of music, and alot of it is sh*t, people aren’t going to have the confidence that their money is buying something worthwhile. -
On 05/17/08 3:14 PM, Jay DiNitto said:
If they wouldn’t buy it, why would they bother stealing it if it’s no good?
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On 05/17/08 3:39 PM, dake said:
I think his point was why spend $15-$18 on a CD that only has three good songs on it, when you can steal it for free?
Either way, someone’s screwing someone else. Bands putting out albums full of stuff they know are throwaway tracks simply to get people to buy the album for the few good ones (i.e. All), or people refusing to be bent over like that and simply taking the good ones.
I’m a firm believer in intellectual property rights, so I’m not saying it’s a good choice. I’m just saying there is a decline in quality control from bands that CAN’T be helping the situation.
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On 05/17/08 7:12 PM, Dr. Jones said:
Fuck that. I haven’t paid for a CD in 6 years.
I’ll still buy a vinyl 7″ every now and then, but that’s about it -
On 09/3/08 12:01 PM, BUZZGRINDER » Attention Bands: Give Up said:
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