Forwarded from: Ejovi Nuwere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It will be interesting to see how ISPs respond when the subpoenas go out. I would also be curious in knowing how automated this process is going to be? Manually tracking users connections (during file downloads) would be awfully tedious. If you start the download with one user but finish with another, which one do you go after?
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,59391,00.html 10:42 AM Jun. 25, 2003 PT A recording-industry trade group said Wednesday it plans to sue hundreds of individuals who illegally distribute copyright songs over the Internet, expanding its antipiracy fight into millions of homes. The Recording Industry Association of America said it hopes to curb illegal song downloading by tracking down the heaviest users of popular "peer to peer" services like Kazaa and suing them for thousands of dollars in damages. "We're going to begin taking names and preparing lawsuits against peer-to-peer network users who are illegally making available a substantial number of music files to millions of other computer users," RIAA President Cary Sherman said in a conference call. ... -- http://www.ejovi.net http://www.hackercracker.net - ISN is currently hosted by Attrition.org To unsubscribe email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe isn' in the BODY of the mail.
