This is starting to wonder me, Is this something for us to be worried about or is there just simply too many P2P file-sharers out there not to worry? They were saying that they were attacking the ones who were heavy users, But if I think about it, Is there anyone with an mp3 site they don't use often. What i'm sayin is if you've went and downloaded a P2P program, You've probably been there a hundred times and downloaded thousands of songs. I don't keep all of them, after copied I get rid of'em. I don't know too much on this matter so if anyone has info to help me understand cool. If not i'll keep on wondering if i'm gettin a Subpoena...Thanks Lars, Screw that fLuckwad!

Jeff, there's a better chance of the Hawks winning the Cup than you getting charged. :D . This very minute there are over 4 million users on Kazaa alone. When they were talking about heavy users , they mentioned a user that was averaging 640 downloads a day.

I'm not worried in the least, If they ever tried it would shut down the courts. Other questions ?, would they need a search order to remove you computer?, do they need it for evidence?. I don't know , but I'm pretty sure they have to go after the company and not the person.

Originally posted by Caligula
Jeff, there's a better chance of the Hawks winning the Cup than you getting charged. :D . This very minute there are over 4 million users on Kazaa alone. When they were talking about heavy users , they mentioned a user that was averaging 640 downloads a day.

I'm not worried in the least, If they ever tried it would shut down the courts. Other questions ?, would they need a search order to remove you computer?, do they need it for evidence?. I don't know , but I'm pretty sure they have to go after the company and not the person.

There's only one flaw in that, Caligula. Kazaa, Grokster, Morpheus, and Limewire are open source. No one owns the protocols they use. The first three I mentioned are Kazaa clients. The last one is Limewire, which could be accessed by several other programs. What I'm saying is it would be impossible to go after the companies that make those programs available, because they don't own the protocols. You can't go after a protocol. Therefore, who or what are they going to go after? In other words, I think it's safe to say that everyone who uses those open source file sharing programs are safe. :)

Actually, they are not going after the onesy and twosy file sharers, but the ones that share or libraries of hundred's of songs. Doesn't mean you are safe though, just not as likely to be targeted.

Just because it is open source, doesn't make it safe. True, the app's themselves are not able to be tracked through any hub, but your ISP will still have a record of every site you visit and every connection you make with your computer, whether that be http, ftp or even file sharing app's. Everything is logged and if ordered to turn those records over, most companies would have little recourse but to do so.

I'm not as worried at this point as I was a few weeks ago. I do feel we are safe, though ya never know! basicly what I was reading today is that they are trying to destroy PC's with a virus if you are on a P2P networking program. That's what the worry is. That would suck! It kinda makes sence that is they cant charge everyone they will try to attack them with something as such. Oh well, we'll see. If all of a sudden i'm not here anymore, you'll know why! (hee, hee)

They are going after big game--there is always the chance that you could be targeted, but not a great chance. Trade with whomever you can trust and don't be greedy. There is nothing on the internet that is completely safe but you can't let that stop you from enjoying it.

I wanted to ask this same question. I have downloaded from both Napster and Kazaa and usually look for hard to find music but often I download stuff I enjoy listening to over and over again. I burn my own compilations cds for my own use. I completely deleted both of those programs from my harddrive because I have read so many articles and received emails from various sources warning me not to download anymore songs from these websites. I would like to know if they have any sites that you can simply pay for the downloads and if so, are those legal or can you still be held liable for piracy. I don't understand why they just don't set these websites up so that we can just pay for what songs we like and not be criminally liable for piracy. In this day and age one should be able to burn a personalized cd with your favorite music that you choose without having to pay so much money for a cd with 20 songs out of which only 2 or 3 songs are worth keeping.