p2p or how i learned to love my peer!

sharing is what we do.

Published on June 26, 2004 By swishdot In Internet

Time: 3:46:19 AM EDT Author: jpnorthflyer • We defended the freedom to innovate in the Grokster appeal. Listen to the oral argument from Feb. 3, 2004. • We are defending people mistakenly caught in the RIAA's dragnet. Check out our subpoena database to see if the RIAA has subpoenaed your personal information. • We recently won the Morpheus case (MGM v. Grokster), the first major court victory in the fight to save P2P. • EFF members in every Congressional district in the United States helped defeat the Berman "P2P Vigilantism" Bill in 2002 by sending thousands of letters to Congress via our online Action Center. • We are working to establish fair legal protections for privacy by helping ISPs like Verizon stand up to the recording industry . • Lawmakers have, with our help, proposed legislation that would protect the anonymity rights of Internet users, including file-traders. • EFF is trying to move the debate forward by educating peer-to-peer users with a national ad campaign and educational resources like this page. • We are working with ISPs and attorneys to protect the civil liberties of Internet users with a service called SubpoenaDefense.org. • Our members are using the EFF Action Center to ask Congress for public hearings on P2P. Sign our petition to Congress and express your opinion on the RIAA lawsuits! It's time to face the fact that in today's world, copyright law is broken. Our current copyright regime makes criminals out of music lovers. Worse, it makes suspected criminals out of all Internet users. Artists and labels are already making money from the Net without suing their fans: • Alanis Morissette • Ani DiFranco • Beastie Boys • Beggars Banquet • CD Baby • Chuck D • David Bowie • Einsteurzende Neubauten • Green Day • Ice T • Janis Ian • Justablip Records • Kristen Hersch • Less • Matador Records • Michael Franti/Spearhead • Paula Cole • Pearl Jam • Phish • REM • Sinombre • Smashing Pumpkins • Sonic Youth • Streaming Geeks • They Might Be Giants • Ween • Wilco • Wonderlick Congress has given copyright holders expanded subpoena powers similar to those granted to government officials under the USA PATRIOT Act. This means that whether or not you use peer-to-peer file-sharing programs, the recording industry (or anyone who claims to be a rights-holder!) can easily gain access to your personal information - without a judge's oversight. Industry representatives say that the subpoenas and lawsuits are necessary to protect recording artists. But suing fans doesn't pay artists. Neither does threatening every Internet user's civil liberties. We need a constructive solution. EFF advocates offering fans a legal way to use P2P programs while ensuring that artists get paid. EFF isn't alone in recognizing that lawsuits are not the answer. We have assembled some information on compensating artists while making P2P legal. Feel free to read it and pass it along. There are over 60 million people in the United States who use file sharing - more than the number of people who voted for our current President. If we all band together and stand up for our rights, we can change the law. Help end the P2P war. Become an EFF member today so the music can play on. Links: - Join EFF - Making P2P Legal - Making P2P Pay Artists - A Better Way Forward: Voluntary Collective Licensing of Music File Sharing - Has Your Information Been Subpoenaed by the RIAA? - How Not To Get Sued By The RIAA For File-Sharing - Suing Your Customers: A Winning Business Strategy? Op Ed by G. Richard Shell - RIAA v. The People - Lawsuit documents, subpoenas, and other resources - Subpoena Defense - Ask Congress for public hearings on P2P - Full page ad. Click here for a print quality TIFF of the ad. - Read more about the Morpheus case - P2P Joint Commitee white paper on the copyright status of P2P - Why the RIAA's "Amnesty" Offer is a Sham (Sept. 9, 2003) - Recording Industry Announces Lawsuits Against Music Sharers (Sept. 8, 2003) - Recording Industry Plans "Amnesty" for Music Sharers (Sept. 5, 2003) - Send this page to a friend Media Coverage: - German band Eisbrecher includes two blank CDs with their album (January 26, 2004) - Who Will Police the Pirate Hunters? - PDF 344k (Oct. 7, 2003) - Recording Industry Withdraws Music Sharing Lawsuit (Sept. 24, 2003) - File sharing must be made legal (Sept. 12, 2003) - 'Amnesty' for Music File Sharing Is a Sham (Sept. 10, 2003 Written by jpnorthflyer (Link to this entry) Link Link you can also email me with your support or ideas of what you the reader would like to see in this blogg. Email

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