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my_window_seatWell THIS hits bloody close to home -
I'm behind a router, I'm not feeding off UNM's wi-fi, and and I rarely dl music - and certainly not the cringe-worthy gawdawful shite these idgets are being slammed for - but still... <.< >.>
Great. I'm paranoid now...
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
16 Sued For Piracy of Music
By Martin Salazar
Journal Staff Writer
The music industry has carried through on its threat, filing a federal lawsuit against 16 people who allegedly used the University of New Mexico's computer network to illegally share music.
The lawsuit— filed May 17 in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque— alleges that 16 UNM network users illegally distributed copyrighted music on the Internet.
Plaintiffs are seeking unspecified monetary damages, court costs and attorney fees. The suit also requests an order prohibiting the 16 individuals from continuing to violate plaintiffs' copyrights.
Pirated music, court documents reveal, includes Ice Cube's "Until We Rich," the Beastie Boys' "Intergalactic," Kenny Chesney's "The Good Stuff" and Celine Dion's "O Holy Night."
The suit identifies defendants only as Does 1-16. Attorneys for the plaintiffs are still trying to learn their identities.
Thirteen major music companies are named as plaintiffs in the suit. They include Capitol Records, Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Warner Bros. Records Inc.
The Recording Industry Association of America issued a news release noting that attempts were made to settle claims before the suit was filed. The association had asked UNM in April to track individuals using IP addresses and give them a letter offering to settle the case, reportedly for about $3,500 each.
IP or Internet protocol addresses are numerical addresses given to every computer that is connected to the Internet. The association is the music industry's largest trade group.
Richard Mertz, a UNM attorney, said that of the 16 people the university has been asked to track, it can't identify 13 of them.
Mertz said part of the problem is that UNM has dynamic IP addresses that change. Also, UNM has an open wireless system, meaning that anyone who is on campus can tap into its network.
It appears that the three remaining individuals are students, Mertz said.
One of the remaining IP addresses belongs to a computer with multiple users, Mertz added. He said UNM has a good idea of who the remaining two individuals are and has either notified them or is in the process of notifying them of the copyright infringement allegations.
"We don't really know why they targeted UNM," Mertz said, adding that UNM clearly isn't one of the worst offenders.
"It is obvious that RIAA wants to get publicity and wants to make a point with students that this is risky and can be expensive, and I think they've succeeded."
Mertz said that if the plaintiffs subpoena UNM's records, the university would likely send a copy of the subpoena to the targeted students before complying. Those students would then have the opportunity of going to court to fight it.
"The expectation, I think, of everyone involved is that the university is not a party of the litigation," Mertz said.
16 Sued For Piracy of Music
By Martin Salazar
Journal Staff Writer
The music industry has carried through on its threat, filing a federal lawsuit against 16 people who allegedly used the University of New Mexico's computer network to illegally share music.
The lawsuit— filed May 17 in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque— alleges that 16 UNM network users illegally distributed copyrighted music on the Internet.
Plaintiffs are seeking unspecified monetary damages, court costs and attorney fees. The suit also requests an order prohibiting the 16 individuals from continuing to violate plaintiffs' copyrights.
Pirated music, court documents reveal, includes Ice Cube's "Until We Rich," the Beastie Boys' "Intergalactic," Kenny Chesney's "The Good Stuff" and Celine Dion's "O Holy Night."
The suit identifies defendants only as Does 1-16. Attorneys for the plaintiffs are still trying to learn their identities.
Thirteen major music companies are named as plaintiffs in the suit. They include Capitol Records, Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Warner Bros. Records Inc.
The Recording Industry Association of America issued a news release noting that attempts were made to settle claims before the suit was filed. The association had asked UNM in April to track individuals using IP addresses and give them a letter offering to settle the case, reportedly for about $3,500 each.
IP or Internet protocol addresses are numerical addresses given to every computer that is connected to the Internet. The association is the music industry's largest trade group.
Richard Mertz, a UNM attorney, said that of the 16 people the university has been asked to track, it can't identify 13 of them.
Mertz said part of the problem is that UNM has dynamic IP addresses that change. Also, UNM has an open wireless system, meaning that anyone who is on campus can tap into its network.
It appears that the three remaining individuals are students, Mertz said.
One of the remaining IP addresses belongs to a computer with multiple users, Mertz added. He said UNM has a good idea of who the remaining two individuals are and has either notified them or is in the process of notifying them of the copyright infringement allegations.
"We don't really know why they targeted UNM," Mertz said, adding that UNM clearly isn't one of the worst offenders.
"It is obvious that RIAA wants to get publicity and wants to make a point with students that this is risky and can be expensive, and I think they've succeeded."
Mertz said that if the plaintiffs subpoena UNM's records, the university would likely send a copy of the subpoena to the targeted students before complying. Those students would then have the opportunity of going to court to fight it.
"The expectation, I think, of everyone involved is that the university is not a party of the litigation," Mertz said.
I'm behind a router, I'm not feeding off UNM's wi-fi, and and I rarely dl music - and certainly not the cringe-worthy gawdawful shite these idgets are being slammed for - but still... <.< >.>
Great. I'm paranoid now...
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Yar.
Date: 2007-05-31 04:37 am (UTC)The lesson the RIAA is teaching is that leeching is awesome, and that hosting files for download is for disposable heroes.
In 1998 I was at Washington State University. Every student could share a folder on the local network. Most shared music (and a lot of it), some had pirated applications and the like. And that was before digital music distribution exploded in popularity. I can only imagine what it's like now.
I made cash hand over fist by selling CDs of whatever-you-wanted at $5 a pop, and more if I had to hunt down the music. Wouldn't dare try that shit anymore but at the time I was one of three people on campus that I knew of who plunked $300+ down on a CD burner. It took half an hour to burn a CD, after each track was manually decompressed to a .wav file using Winamp.
*sigh* I still have some of my ripping/encoding apps from those days. Nostalgia.
I just got way off track. My sleeping pill must be kicking in.
Re: Yar.
Date: 2007-05-31 04:55 am (UTC)Re: Yar.
Date: 2007-05-31 04:58 am (UTC)