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Open WiFi and the RIAA
« on: 2006-09-09 18:57:17 » |
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[Hermit: Pardon the brevity, I'm out of town for the week-end, taking a very bright 3 year old to a BodyWorld exhibition*.
I have long suspected that the following strategy would be an effective defense, visit http://en.fon.com/ to find out how to establish a wifi access point on a shoestring...
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*Massive success. Three hours of rapt attention to plasticized cadavers - particular interest paid to babies and children, followed by a full hour hour terrorizing the Science Station's interactive exhibits. We are eating and returning for more (family membership** has now paid for itself multiple times over). They are open until 22h00.
**The family pass to Science Station, available at most Science Museums, is one of the world's great inventions.]
RIAA Will Drop Cases If You Point Out That An IP Address Isn't A Person
Source: TechDirt
Authors: from the and-so-it-goes dept
Dated: 2006-07-27
For years, the RIAA has claimed that having the IP address of a computer that has shared unauthorized files is the equivalent of having the evidence of who was actually sharing files. That, of course, is false. The IP address simply can help you know who paid for the internet access, but not who was using what computer on a network. In fact, this even had some people suggesting that, if you want to win a lawsuit from the RIAA, you're best off opening up your WiFi network to neighbors. It seems like this strategy might actually be working. Earlier this month the inability to prove who actually did the file sharing caused the RIAA to drop a case in Oklahoma and now it looks like the same defense has worked in a California case as well. In both cases, though, as soon as the RIAA realized the person was using this defense, they dropped the case, rather than lose it and set a precedent showing they really don't have the unequivocal evidence they claim they do. The RIAA certainly has the legal right to go after people, even if it simply ends up pissing off their best fans and driving people to spend their money on other forms of entertainment -- but, if they want to do so, they should at least have legitimate evidence. It's good to see that some are finally pointing out how flimsy the evidence really is.
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