Interesting/Weird Stories in the News

10 Sep 2003, 02:00 · edited #1

check out the article on this page http://www.msnbc.com/news/963391.asp

says here that amnesty will be given to those who will promise to delete all stolen music files and whatnought....

I hop this don't apply to jpop mp3's. After all it is the RIAA(America) and not RIAJ(Japan).

10 Sep 2003, 03:13 #2

This is getting serious man...I wonder How they track u down?? Using TOp level Hackers?? :sweat:

10 Sep 2003, 03:35 #3

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030827/ap_on_hi_te/downloading_music_2

Dun think it will affect jpop. RIAA couldn't care less about jpop. Why? cos it's out of their authority. As for RIAJ, they don't either have the authority to sue ppl outside Japan. Anyways the japanese record companies are making enough money by sellin HEAVILY overpriced cds and goods related to music!!! Nearly 30$ per cd, that's robbery!

Lucky me I don't live in the US and I don't listen to crappy conveyor belt music either except the 80's :D I'm sure the record association of ours won't resort to the same trick as RIAA and upcomin co. They lack resource.

10 Sep 2003, 03:39 #4

Ahhhhhh, yes. America, land of the free, (and greed...). BTW pemu, congrats on the 1000th post! WooooHoooooo! :applaud:

10 Sep 2003, 06:21 #5

Bsalez wrote:This is getting serious man...I wonder How they track u down?? Using TOp level Hackers?? :sweat:

Kazaa and other sharing peer-to-peer programs have spyware in them, not to say Kazaa mess up your computer pretty bad. :twisted:

10 Sep 2003, 08:23 #6

Takez0 wrote:
Kazaa and other sharing peer-to-peer programs have spyware in them, not to say Kazaa mess up your computer pretty bad. :twisted:

yeah..use kazaa lite..
same goes to i-Mesh...sux...installed loads of junkz in my com
:angry:

hope they wont arrest me
hahaha
=P

10 Sep 2003, 08:25 #7

Yeah, they don't care who you are, they're really starting to cut down..... while scanning the internet at school today, I read an article that one of the people they're suing was a 12 year old girl!

10 Sep 2003, 10:52 #8

Slackey wrote:Yeah, they don't care who you are, they're really starting to cut down..... while scanning the internet at school today, I read an article that one of the people they're suing was a 12 year old girl!

my frenz told mi that her sis's frenz was being fine S$1000 for downloading 2 songs from Kazza......

10 Sep 2003, 11:25 #9

is that so..? kowai desu.. :shakehead: will RIAS take the same action in singapore..?

10 Sep 2003, 12:18 #10

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/116117p-104761c.html

10 Sep 2003, 16:36 #11

arashinokoto wrote:is that so..? kowai desu.. :shakehead: will RIAS take the same action in singapore..?

actually that happened in singapore.... :(

10 Sep 2003, 16:48 #12

Joyce wrote:actually that happened in singapore.... :(

my gosh!!!
anyone know whether is this happening in malaysia!?
i'm still downloading mp3s now...
:sweat:

10 Sep 2003, 20:19 #13

Yep me too After I read this post I thought most of the network is down But I still grab 6Jpop mp3 from Winmx...Well man Suing 12 years old ...it is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO wrong ne :sweat:

10 Sep 2003, 20:25 #14

Takez0 wrote:Kazaa and other sharing peer-to-peer programs have spyware in them, not to say Kazaa mess up your computer pretty bad. :twisted:

A lot of us knows that kazaa=spyware, but does anyone knows about emule? That's how I get a lot of my j-junk.

10 Sep 2003, 21:15 #15

Bsalez wrote:Yep me too After I read this post I thought most of the network is down But I still grab 6Jpop mp3 from Winmx...Well man Suing 12 years old ...it is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO wrong ne :sweat:

yup...i agree with u...it's veri wrong of them to sue a 12 yr old kid....wat I think thay shld do it juz give the kid n her parents a warning instead....
but lucky the case was settled with the mother agreed to pay $2,000......
:shakehead:

10 Sep 2003, 21:29 #16

niko2x wrote: BTW pemu, congrats on the 1000th post! WooooHoooooo! :applaud:

Niko, Thanks a lot!

10 Sep 2003, 21:42 #17

If da kids worth 2000 How bout us...Heard there is a group boycott RIAA...Well Listen to most Jpop,Cpop and not too much on western stuff....I'll be worry If japan also do that :sweat:

11 Sep 2003, 00:06 #18

$2000..?!?! that's daylight robbery..!! :shakehead:

11 Sep 2003, 00:14 #19

juliana_phang wrote: my gosh!!! anyone know whether is this happening in malaysia!? i'm still downloading mp3s now...
:sweat:

Just take it easy! It won't happen in Malaysia. The authority is lazy and unwillin to carry out such a huge task!!! Lack of resource as well. Same thing applies to Indonesia. Both countries are well known for piracy haven, hehe! I'm sure of it.

11 Sep 2003, 00:29 #20

Pemu wrote:
juliana_phang wrote: my gosh!!! anyone know whether is this happening in malaysia!? i'm still downloading mp3s now...
:sweat:
Just take it easy! It won't happen in Malaysia. The authority is lazy and unwillin to carry out such a huge task!!! Lack of resource as well. Same thing applies to Indonesia. Both countries are well known for piracy haven, hehe! I'm sure of it.

if it's like this.. then i really hate singspore... :hehe:

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