File-sharing and AOL 319
Andrew Leonard writes "Farhad Manjoo's cover story in Salon today, on AOL's refusal to take a stand on the RIAA's (so far) successful attempt to get subscriber information from Verizon, is a detailed look at the most important battle in the file-sharing world right now."
Re:"Online Privacy" (Score:3, Funny)
Was that my IP? (Score:5, Funny)
Heheheh... (Score:4, Funny)
From the article:
...and a nasty case of trying to count without taking their socks off... :)
This doesn't make any sense. (Score:5, Funny)
Great. (Score:5, Funny)
ATTENTION RIAA! NO NEED TO CONTACT MY ISP (Score:5, Funny)
Kazaa
My IP is 204.39.65.157, a proxy
My information is:
Home Address:
John Abshire
14387 SeeYouInCourt
Whatareyougonnadoaboutit, MI, 48hahaha
You may also contact me at my work address:
John Abshire
1 Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA USA 98052-8300
Re:Was that my IP? (Score:1, Funny)
Even better question: How on earth is that an eight digit IP address?
Yea, Right (Score:5, Funny)
8, 12, what's three digits between friends? (Score:5, Funny)
Of course, it would have been 8 digits if it was written in Hex. maybe the author was just a hard-core nerd? And thought, digit = 4bits?
Patrick Henry, Slave Owner (Score:5, Funny)
heyyyy (Score:4, Funny)
666 (Score:4, Funny)
The RIAA analyst who logged in to Kazaa last July 15 discovered that the Verizon subscriber had 666 music files available for others to download
and, imagine: he or she had even set the file permissions to 0666!!
All that the record industry had on the alleged thief was an eight-digit Internet protocol address, 141.158.104.94
so, lets see... 1+4+1=6... 1+5=6... 8 ("eight-digit internet protocol address") is the 6th digit... 104+94=66+66+66...
bring on the californian inquisition!
Re:This doesn't make any sense. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Was that my IP? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Heheheh... (Score:3, Funny)
Welcome! (Score:5, Funny)
You've Got Warez!
Re:Was that my IP? (Score:2, Funny)
And you're wrong about Dell. Michael Dell himself is quoted as saying "man, I'd love to flutter my tongue gently...against the underside of [Microsoft CEO Bill] Gate's [testicle] sack". [InfoWorld v 12 issue 24, April 25 1993]
Why do you think the internal code name of the Dell PowerEdge servers was the same as a popular brand of anal dildo?
The only 100% "straight" computer company was Digital, but they had to "go funny" when they were bought by Compaq (with a name like Compaq, well, you pretty much have to!).
Anyway, if you uncover any more info on Apple's marketing campaign, I'd just die to hear about it.
RIAA taps AOL chatroom (Score:4, Funny)
Welcome to: w4r3z_w4ld0
40L_h4x0r: g1bb0r m3 j00r ju4r3zzzz!
h4x0r_g0d: gn0, j00 g1bb0r m3 j0000r ju4r3zzz!!!
40L_h4x0r: J00 f4gg0rzzz!! G1BB0R M3 J002930mczxcfsdf lsd3 0 013
###CARRIER LOST
***40L_h4x0r has joined w4r3z-w4ld0
40L_h4x0r: where was I.. oh ya.. G1BBOT M3 J00R JU4R333ZZZZ F4GG000RRRRZZZZ!!!!
Now I see why the RIAA is so worried. Crime as organized as this is a threat to everything that keeps democracy flowing.
Novel solution to p2p woes. (Score:4, Funny)
At this point the proposal probably doesn't seem very promising, but here is the advantage:
Presumably people who were planning to break the law by trading copyrighted material wouldn't be scared of by the warning, but on the other hand, if the RIAA came along with evidence that someone on this network had violated copyright then that alone would be evidence that the RIAA had violated the law, or encouraged someone else to do so.
Report (Score:5, Funny)
See what happens.
Re:I don't see the big deal (Score:2, Funny)
Re:ATTENTION RIAA! NO NEED TO CONTACT MY ISP (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I don't see the big deal (Score:4, Funny)
Considering AOL just posted a loss larger than Russia's entire budget, I don't think money swimming is a common sport over there.
Re:Was that my IP? (Score:1, Funny)
I see four numbers made up of eleven digets, but if they're only worried about the first eight digits, then whoever the RIAA is after doesn't have anything to worry about ;)
The RIAA saw a countless number of digits in the IP address, and 8 was just a guess.
Will they include the sound... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Yea, Right (Score:3, Funny)
Someone really ought to submit it as a story, probably to kuro5hin.
Or... (Score:1, Funny)
Forgetting the big picture (Score:3, Funny)
"One day last summer, a person using Verizon to access the Internet logged on to Kazaa, a popular peer-to-peer music-swapping service, and started downloading MP3s."
Re:666 (Score:2, Funny)
nooooo-one expects the californian inquisition!
Re:What's the article about? (Score:3, Funny)
Ja, Herr trmj. If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear. Your papers, please?
141.158.104.94 - fake IP! (Score:2, Funny)
"He was sharing so many illegal mp3's that we estimate his IP to be 282.316.208.188."
Go and arrest him, quick!
Re:Who writes the law? (Score:4, Funny)
You can be on the panel when you buy your own congressman.
The Future (Score:2, Funny)
That'll show those RIAA dastards.
Trev