Posted by NRen2k5 on 08/26/05 01:47

On 8/24/2005 9:42:54 AM, "dadiOH" wrote:
>mw70@earthlink.net wrote:
>> Don M. wrote:
>>> "Loco Jones" wrote in message
>>> news:1124323785.4bfa9d08d3a25af27e621012cf205516@bubbanews...
>>>> Could this be the one to watch?
>>>>
>>>>
>http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1507708/20050816/index.jhtml?headlinestru
>>>> e&_requestid=334269
>>>> (same as: http://tinyurl.com/bm4w5 )
>>>>
>>>> Yes, it's KaZaa in the spotlight again, but this could apply to any
>>>> P2P application targeted:
>>>> < quote >
>>>>
>>>> "As an exhibit in the complaint, they typed up a list of six songs
>>>> that RIAA investigators downloaded from a shared account that was
>>>> supposedly on my client's computer," Rogers said. "The complaint
>>>> said those files were there for sharing, but they have no evidence
>>>> that anyone did share them. For them to prove copyright
>>>> infringement, they have to show that there was unauthorized
>>>> distribution of a copyrighted file to the public. If they knew some
>>>> 16-year-old who downloaded those songs from my client's drive, that
>>>> would be copyright infringement, but if their own investigators did
>>>> it, it's not distribution to the public. A copyright owner cannot
>>>> infringe on their own copyright." < end quote >
>>>>
>>>> If this case ever makes it way *all* through the legal system, the
>>>> results could be very interesting indeed.
>>>>
>>> ==========>>
>>> It seems the RIAA considers sharers to be guilty by intent. I think
>>> this is the argument they'll use, unless they're lucky to download
>>> any of the offending files from someone else and trace it to the
>>> defendant.
>>>
>>> People who leave identification in tags, esp. encrypted ID given by
>>> the encoding program, must be nuts.
>>>
>>>
>>> Don
>>
>>
>>
>> Is that how their bots are identifying copyrited material?
>
>No, has nothing to do with it.
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>
>> I've noticed some tags say "Copyrited: Yes" while others say "No"
>> (some are even different with duplicate mp3s) Is there a way i can
>> edit the tags to say No?
>
>Sure. You could re-encode it with something like CDex and turn off the
>setting of the copywrite bit. Won't do a lick of good though...the
>setting/resetting of that bit has no practical meaning.
>
>--
>dadiOH
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Actually most tagging programs, such as Magnus Brading's "MP3 Tag Studio" can set or reset the Copyright, etc., bits.

- NRen2k5

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