ATTN music traders: How to Tell if the RIAA Wants You

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How to Tell if the RIAA Wants You

Wired News Report
02:00 AM Jul. 26, 2003 PT

File sharers can check a new online database to see if they are wanted by the recording industry.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has created a site where users can plug in their file-sharing user names. That name is checked against the list of those subpoenas filed in the Washington, D.C., district court.

The group, which is gleaning its information from the publicly available Pacer database, said it will be an important resource for those who are concerned that the recording industry might be seeking their identities.

"The recording industry continues its futile crusade to sue thousands of the over 60 million people who use file-sharing software in the U.S.," Fred Von Lohmann, senior attorney with the EFF, said in a statement. "We hope that the EFF's subpoena database will give people some peace of mind and the information they need to challenge the subpoenas and protect their privacy."

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[classics]

1. Didnt find "apsijdpaijf-9av ea0=c sev -w34nevq-w9v"

Guess I'm clean. ;)

[boilerbabe]

2. Thank you for this link!!

So far, no subpoena on any of my user names. My CD burner doesn't work and I want to get my files off KaZaa. The irony of it is that between Napster and Kazaa, I have been exposed to music that I would have never heard, and wound up buying the CDs.

Again, thanks for the heads-up, it's greatly appreciated!!

:toast:

[frylock]

3. riaa doesn't want you exposed to music you never heard of..

now be a good consumer, and go out and buy the latest Kelly Clarkson!!