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Originally Posted by Ara T.
You think you're a unique case? Most people never even get a warning.. only a select unlucky few get sued, and only as a way for the RIAA to make an example of them, which doesn't seem to work.
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A lot of times the ISP will give the user a cease and desist notice, and if that doesn't stop it that they will move forward. True, some get caught out of the blue. Colleges (where I've solely downloaded for the last 5 years - make that LEGALLY seeing as Amazon and iTunes came out) give students a cease and desist warning. I know several who have gotten in trouble for downloading stuff and stopped after the C&D.
I'm not urging anyone to download illegally, do so at your own risk and obviously legally is preferred. But I think the facts should be known - the RIAA DID announce they were stopping the lawsuits (remember reading it on Yahoo and Ars technica) but apparently that didn't really do much. What a swell group!
Once again, my disclaimer: I DO own most of my music, any that "technically" I don't own is "technically" owned by my college radio station which has purchased the albums. I don't distribute anything (they are DRMed anyway), nor do I download illegally ripped albums.