Gnutella Forums - View Single Post - Post here strategies to protect against R.I.A.A. suits, hiding your IP Address, etc..

LeeWare · #49 (**permalink**) January 22nd, 2004

Just a few candid answers to your questions (I don't think that anyone will like these but they are true.)

#1 Opportunity for continuous profit.

How many people buy DVDs of movies they've either saw at the movies, rented or have on VHS?
How many people have exactly the same music on both CDs and Tape?
How many people buy copy after copy of the latest and greatest software products but use less than 20%
of its functionality?
How many people buy the lastest and greatest computer technology when machines that are 5 years old are sufficient for
most peoples needs?

The answer to these questions is enough to encourage the creation of whole industries selling people things they don't need.

#2 Most people rationalize (find a good reason to do something) but fail to see that a rationalization is not the same as a legal right to do something.
Therefore no. I'll explain why please spread the word. One of the things that makes our rights important in this country at least is that
everyone has rights including the much hated RIAA and MPAA therfore a persons rights only go as far as not infringing on someone elses rights. This is the foundation of our system.

Therefore the MPAA and the RIAA are groups that represent multiple content producers. These content producers have the right to seek profit for the use and or distribution of their products. They the content producers dictate the terms of any agreements not the consumers (notice producers --> consumers) not the other way around. The consumers can and often determine the success or failure of various markets. This is very effective when done legally and not very effective if done illegally.

Consider that most of the arguments against the RIAA and MPAA come not from people such as myself (a person who has a ligitimate interest in P2P technology) or the P2P developers themselves but rather from users who {believe} that they own the rights to do as they please with media that has been licensed to them for personal use and not public distribution.

This is always the issue and in the end these users will loose out but ultimately we all loose out due to increased network monitoring and attacks on the technology and not the problem.

Hopes that this clarifies things a bit.