Synthesizer Patel Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Would have been pretty funny if it was Cleveland OH, sucky baseball fans and all, but it's Cleveland UK. Wonder if they have sucky Cricket fans? Middlesborough (right next door to Cleveland) was voted the worst place in the country to live last week. That whole area all around it is hardly the Red Rose of England. It scored very highly on crime - nothing to do with illegal downloading though, i don't think. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chris_H_2 Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Why would you say that? I thought they usually like to go after the downloaders. Makes better press. Precisely. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Venus Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Too bad they could not have waited until after the annual Christmas free for all. That's what I was thinking...damn it all Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 I just read that somewhere - I don't know what Oink is. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yermom Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Arrest video on youtube. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
foolnrain97 Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 As for potential nastiness resulting from this, I'm sort of hoping for the "safety in numbers" effect. There were SO many Oink users, and I was a bit player among that throng. If they go after people based on level of use, they'd take quite a long time to get around to me, if they ever did. Probably fooling myself, but that's the direction my thoughts are going...this is actually, okay thinking on your part. Then can send all the e-mails they want, but if they want to find ownership on modems and stuff, they have to track IPs. Luckily, most big ISPs don't readily release information about their paying customers. However, people on public networks might want to beware. OSU had something like this happen a while back and the individual was reprimanded by NBC or some nonsense(for downloading The Office). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 I'll be repping VC defendants at the reduced members' rate of $375/hour Quote Link to post Share on other sites
howdjadoo Posted October 23, 2007 Author Share Posted October 23, 2007 I just read that somewhere - I don't know what Oink is Be glad so we don't have to talk about Peep Durple,Rod The Mod etc here for yer flac-of-the-day: http://www.mindwarppavilion.org/ezt/torren...ails.php?id=683 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tongue-tied lightning Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 I finally got even with that evil Oink for throwing me off for my poor ratio (insert madman laugh) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Calexico Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 I'll be repping VC defendants at the reduced members' rate of $375/hour And I will be squealing and giving up names to cut myself a deal! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 I just read that somewhere - I don't know what Oink is Be glad so we don't have to talk about Peep Durple,Rod The Mod etc here for yer flac-of-the-day: http://www.mindwarppavilion.org/ezt/torren...ails.php?id=683 Not bad. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Why would you say that? I thought they usually like to go after the downloaders. Makes better press.nah, usually the people who were sharing stuff are the first they go after. like that case that the RIAA won up here in Duluth, it wasn't that she downloaded it, she supposedly ripped and shared 1700+ songs herself. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marijn Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Don't worry about prosecution. A friend of mine had an interview with the CEO of hosting provider Nforce: http://digg.com/world_news/Interview_with_...ed_this_morning Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sid Hartha Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 As for potential nastiness resulting from this, I'm sort of hoping for the "safety in numbers" effect. There were SO many Oink users, and I was a bit player among that throng. If they go after people based on level of use, they'd take quite a long time to get around to me, if they ever did. Probably fooling myself, but that's the direction my thoughts are going... In a similar vein... I've checked over everything I've seeded. With just one exception, all of the stuff I put up there was either from a non-RIAA label, out of print, or a vinyl rip. Hopefully, my hatred of mainstream music will save me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HighFives Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 prolly a good idea I register my emails under false names and addresses. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TCP Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Good thing downloading is legal in Canada. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marijn Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Good thing downloading is legal in Canada. Same here, although uploading isn't. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kalle Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Yeah I'm glad it's legal still here but I'm still bummed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TCP Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 What are we going to do?! I'm not going back to buying an album without hearing it first! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EL the Famous Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 What are we going to do?! I'm not going back to buying an album without hearing it first! with as many labels/bands streaming a lot of releases and/or offering sample tracks to garner buzz prior to it's official street date...to say you don't have as many opportunities to make more educated decisions on what you actually go out and buy is kind of being a touch dramatic. i don't want to see anybody get in trouble and all, but i'm not at all surprised this has happened. to say that there aren't huge numbers of folks abusing file-sharing resources like this seems crazy. several thousand bad apples... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 news Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jenbobblehead Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Guess which city doesn't rock anymorei guess they were pretty pissed about missing their trip to the world series. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TCP Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 i guess they were pretty pissed about missing their trip to the world series.UK, man, UK. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 UK, man, UK.The joke's been going on all thread, man! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 And I will be squealing and giving up names to cut myself a deal! you and I may need to talk about a joint venture Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.