What would an approximate number be for the total number of people that have been busted since the agencies started cracking down? What wouldbe the chances of getting caughtif you've only used this software once or twice?
2007-02-28 10:30:25 · 7 answers · asked by gfscp11 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
someone started cracking down??
don't believe the hype
2007-02-28 10:36:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
good question. Using limewire for example is classed as 'illegal' but so is riding a bike on the pavement, or peeing in public etc, but people still do it. 99.99% of people using limewire won't get busted, due to ISP privicy rights of people's information, i.e. not letting the police get access to them without enough serious evidense. The general people that do get caught are those uploading onto bittorrent file servers. using trackers I think its easier for them to trace. Theres alot of people (millions) using this kind of software to download 'illegal' files and its impossible for the police to arrest everyone as you would need a country as a prison. The corporate companies and police are mainly after the software giants, check out piratebay.org legal threats link and see how they're 'trying' to take them down, but they haven't got a chance. Hope that helps, not trying to influence illegal downloading by any means, but the money these big companies make, this doesn't scratch their pockets.
2007-02-28 10:44:59 · answer #2 · answered by j j 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep some people get busted mostly because they share file but no harm dowlading i'll say. Been using Limewire for a year
2007-02-28 10:39:01 · answer #3 · answered by williamcruz 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have one friend who was moderately punished... he had to pay a lame fine of like $25 or something for Dling music
2007-02-28 10:38:56 · answer #4 · answered by MLBfreek35 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't know about all that but when winmx was free i used it all the time and i know allot of people who have limewire, bearshare all of them are fine....i don't know one person thats ever been caught besides you only used it once its not like u have like 2,000 songs or anything...
2007-02-28 10:38:32 · answer #5 · answered by Adele.S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have a better chance of dying by falling out of bed.
2007-02-28 10:36:12 · answer #6 · answered by Cam G 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Here are some articles on the subject to give you an idea of approximate numbers:
http://www.ilrweb.com/viewILRPDF.asp?filename=BMG_Gonzalez_decision7thCir
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/09/09/music.swap.settlement/
http://www.riaa.com/news/newsletter/012104.asp
http://www.riaa.com/news/newsletter/lawsuitFAQ.asp
http://mp3.about.com/od/isitlegal/a/riaalawsuits.htm
http://www.musicbizadvice.com/RIAA_Music_Downloading_Controversy.htm
http://www.bestsecuritytips.com/news+article.storyid+164.htm
http://www.computerpoweruser.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles/archive/c0312/33c12/33c12.asp&guid=
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070221/ap_on_hi_te/downloading_music
http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/10/01/HNriissuits_1.html
http://www.webactivemagazine.co.uk/vnunet/news/2125733/fbi-launches-raids-p2p-users
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5454939.html?tag=nl
http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/01896/measures-against-dci/lawsuits/
2007-02-28 13:06:27 · answer #7 · answered by Rose D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋