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RIAA Legal Ruling Could Shut Down The Internet
U.S. government supports legal case that would criminalize making any
files available on the world wide web

Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
Wednesday, November 29, 2006

A landmark legal case on behalf of the Recording Industry Association of
America and other global trade organizations seeks to criminalize all
Internet file sharing of any kind as copyright infringement, effectively
shutting down the world wide web - and their argument is supported by
the U.S. government.

Ray Beckerman, a lawyer representing clients in cases against the RIAA,
recently took part in a conference call organized by
DefectiveByDesign.org, an organization which opposes DRM Technology,
content restricting programs embedded into software that blocks users
access to music, movies, software and other forms of digital data.

Beckerman describes how Internet users are randomly targeted by the RIAA
for simply having a folder of music on their computer, kept in the dark
about legal details and intimidated into paying thousands of dollars
immediately or facing a federal lawsuit. The RIAA doesn't even attempt
to prove copyright infringement with specific examples, dates or times -
it simply coerces and threatens the victim until they relent into paying
out huge settlement fees.

"They have an investigator pretend to be a user of KAZAA or one of the
other similar file-sharing networks. He finds a shared files folder that
has a goodly number of copyrighted songs in it. He has no idea whether
those song files were obtained legally, whether though payed downloads,
or through making personal copies from one's own CD for backup purposes,
or whether anything illegal was ever done with those files, whether
anyone ever copied one. And what he does: he takes a screen shot of this
shared files folders (He of course does not see the folders, he merely
sees the text in the metadata) and decides that this is a big shared
file folder."



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"Then through some secret process which he will not share with us and
has tried to conceal from the courts, he then associates it with a
dynamic ip address. And then, after he has what he believes is the
correct dynamic ip address, for the date and time at which he made that
screen shot, he then brings a proceeding to get the name and address of
the subscriber who paid for the internet access, which of course would
tell us nothing. But once he gets that information he then sues the
person."

In one case, UMG vs. Lindor, a cleaner who has never used or owned a
computer but simply dusted near one was sued as an online distributor in
peer to peer file sharing.

Accusing the RIAA of "conducting a reign of terror" by bringing lawsuits
against defenseless people, Beckerman warned that one case in
particular, Elektra vs. Barker, has the potential to shut down the
Internet completely.

RIAA's argument is that Miss Barker, a poor nursing student who lives in
housing projects, should be prosecuted on the basis that "merely making
files available on the internet is in and of itself a copyright
infringement."

Beckerman calls the complaint "a shocking argument because if it were
accepted it would probably shut down the entire internet."

One of the UK's biggest technology news websites, the Inquirer also
today highlights the frightening development in an article entitled,
RIAA wants the Internet shut down.

The U.S. government has also filed legal briefs supporting the RIAA's
argument.

Deep sixing the entire Internet seems a highly unlikely move in that it
would probably derail the world economy and put thousands of huge
transnational corporations out of business. An outcome more likely to
happen if this ruling is accepted is that it would further pave the way
for government regulation and tracking of the Internet, namely "Internet
2," a completely controlled, surveilled and autocratic cyber police
state similar to the Chinese model, whereby website owners have to
obtain government permission to run a blog, be approved by a biometric
thumb scan just to turn their computer on, and immediately get their
Internet access shut off if they misbehave.

This case is another attack arm of forces in government and the
corporate structure that seek to suffocate the last outpost of true
freedom of speech and dissent and it must be countered at all costs.

OH Please! Never happen.

Too big and too money making.

Big brother is already watching us now as I type.

But Big sister want's the money. So Big sister is in more control then
Big Brother. So we have nothing to fear, but fear itself.

Now what's that camera doing there?

lol

You have got to be kidding if you think they are going to shut down the
internet. Get real. No file sharing of any kind means you cannot build a
web page as those files are stored in a computers cache before being
displayed. Do you really think that any government would say it is
against the law to have a website for commercial use. On top of it The
USA does not govern the World anyhow. Shoot they tried to shut down a
well known hacker site like 15 years ago and found they could not do it
as it is on a decommissioned aircraft carrier 50 miles out to sea. I
will not mention the name of the site but can tell you it is still very
operational and more popular then ever since the Time magazine write up
on it like 10-15 years ago. Shutting down the web would make hundreds of
thousands of businesses be out of business.
Think of all the lost income tax revenue alone.

I hope you are right Ghost. But exposing this and letting you & other
people know about this situation goes a long way.

So when the time does come. You will speak out about it just like I will
won't you??

They will FAIL if they try to pull this crap. We the people will NOT
stand for this non-sense and bologne.

I SAY.... "DOWN WITH INTERNET 2 BABY!!"

Power to the people and Power to The Resistance..

no way in hell will RIAA shut down the net...too much money being made
on it by individuals and the government

ppl buy something on e-bay, there's a shipping cost, guess what,
shipping is posting, posting is federal government...

won't happen..nice try RIAA...stop tryin to censor/limit users

What the RIAA is trying to stop is the sharing of movies and music not
only over the web but also within your homes. Why do you think that they
stated that ALL HD DVDs will only be playable on DVD players at the
resolution they were designed to if the only output of that DVD player
is HDMI so they can encode and encript the signal. That virtually wiped
out the idea of being able to distribute a video to different rooms in
your house. Atleast until a company like Gefen came up with an HDMI
distribution Amplifier that would pass that encripted code. It still
means though that yoru TV and DVD players will need that type of input
and output in the near future though.

I wont have to. It wont happen. A s said Too much money is at steak. It
would shutdown the economy all over the world.

When are ppl going to stop with this conspiracy theories. I still
waiting for aliens that caused 9/11. Where are they?

LMFAO!

hey ghost i sent you a message

oh please...RIAA tried to get VCR's banned, and VHS tapes
banned...government figured they were tryin to stop "creative inventing"

again..this won't happen, RIAA's just fucked in the head lol

They are a joke.

SHUT DOWN THE
INTERNET.....PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
That is a HOAX....Has anyone, here, ever heard of internet HOAXES? This
is not only a HOAX, it is a VERY OLD HOAX....Go to
http://www.hoaxbusters.com
or it may be .net....there it will tell you about this HOAX and a whole
lot of others, as well.

stfu

can you get in the military with a ged

yes..yes you can

THE LEPRECHAUN ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Use common sense! Of course it's a hoax!

How can they shut down the Internet?

You mean they can just pull the plug lick in a heart monitor?

Be serious ppl.
I know some are concerned and that's great.

But sometimes you have to ask yourself could this really happen.

dabad? is now a good time to hand that muzzle over? lol

blah when she speaks I throw up arrrrrrrr the leprechaun