woman gets riaa suit dropped because she uses a mac

edX · #1 September 25th, 2003, 03:44 PM

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...Ward's home computer runs on Apple's Macintosh operating system, and Kazaa is available only for computers that run on Microsoft's Windows.

ok, there were other factors involved, but still pretty interesting.

**Jason** · #2 September 25th, 2003, 03:45 PM

yay

UNIX X11 · #3 September 25th, 2003, 03:56 PM

Hmm... if they have airport then someone could be sneaking up to the base station... a 65 year old women downloading "I'm a Thug".

XD

Ricky · #4 September 25th, 2003, 04:21 PM

Except "Macintosh" isn't an operating system.

**Jason** · #5 September 25th, 2003, 04:34 PM

uh of course it is!

Ricky · #6 September 25th, 2003, 04:42 PM

It's a brand of a computer.

Like you have the Twix candy bar, which is made by Mars (iirc).

It's an Apple Macintosh!

Arden · #7 September 25th, 2003, 04:43 PM

Yes, it's the Macintosh Operating System 10.3 you're running there, Ricky.

The RIAA has gotten nothing but bad PR from these suits. First they sue a 12-year-old girl living in public housing and manage to finagle $2000 from her mother, now they sue an sextagenarion sculptor who doesn't even share files—and they're confident in their methods! I think the copywright laws need tweaking.

Ricky · #8 September 25th, 2003, 04:46 PM

And people should also stop taking music that they didn't pay for.