top p2p file sharing sitesWhat do you think anout file sharing and p2p?

September 19, 2006


Last week, prominent P2P network eDonkey announced it was settling a copyright-infringement lawsuit brought by the Recording Industry Association of America for $300 million and closing up shop forever. Users who clicked a button to update their eDonkey2000 software reported the "update" initiated an uninstallation of the product. Visitors to the eDonkey Web site are now greeted by an intentionally blunt message advising surfers they are not anonymous online (and playfully proving it by displaying visitor IP addresses).

Only a month ago, we learned that former top file-sharing program Kazaa settled with the RIAA for $115 million, and that current top P2P application LimeWire was being sued for an estimated $476 million. The LimeWire case is expected to go to court next month.
source:
Peter Butler
Senior Editor, CNET Download.com
Personally i think that the RIAA and the MPAA are being stupid. They are so busy running here and there trying to stop these companies rather then thinking of other different stratgies to take them down. I mean, in world, there well always be a pirater, so why keep trying top p2p file sharing sitesto stomp them out. If you stomp one, 5 more take their place. They should think of ways to embrace the P2P technology like Warner Bros. etc.
even if it is "illegal",there will always be a place to file share,no matter what strong arm tactics the MPAA and the RIAA try.They think they are winning but they are not,it just makes those who want it try harder.

A Kazaa user was sued and ordered to pay $222,000 for 24 songs, appealed and was ordered to pay $1.92M, refused a $25,000 settlement offer, appealed and was ordered to pay $1.5M in November 2010. Now she's saying they appeal the constitutionality of excessive statutory damages.

hello
file sharing and p2p. noting but problems
i dont use them at all
RIAA needs a reality check. You can shut down program after program, the users will just take their files to the next big thing. I used edonkey extensively for years, and kazaa before that. When edonkey got bombed, I spent less than 2 minutes finding another P2P network, and I like it better. You can't put a genie back into the bottle, the ttop p2p file sharing sitesechnology exists, now adapt or die, RIAA.
It's dangerous for one thing. You never really know what you are downloading. It's a great way to get spyware and viruses onto your computer.

It's also illegal - plain and simple. You're getting a product for free. If you're on one of this p2p programs, you are also likely uploading it to someone else as well. And it's not like loaning a CD to a friend...you're giving it to 'god knows who'. This only hurts everyone in the end. And it hurts the bands and groups that make the music most. Remember, you're not just hurting the huge record companys, you're hurting your favorite artists as well.
Well, I think file sharing is a good idea when you're trying to share your personal non- copyright file.
The problem is that there really is no way to protect the copyright files that are being shared. If there was a way to keep people from breaking the law by sharing copyright materials, P2P would be the best way to let people hear what you have created.