February 11, 2008
Copyright do’s, don’ts, and you’re under arrest
Remember Grokster? It was an attempt to be Napster without having a centralized database of songs and users. It was shut down by a unanimous Supreme Court decision.
Go to Grokster.com now and you are not only told that Grokster is no more but that you are at risk simply by having gone to the site.
YOUR IP ADDRESS IS 123.123.123.123 AND HAS BEEN LOGGED.
Don’t think you can’t get caught. You are not anonymous.
(The IP address they give is the right one.)
The site then suggests:
In the meantime, please visit www.respectcopyrights.com and www.musicunited.org to learn more about copyright.
RespectCopyrights.com really should be called FearCopyrights.com. It’s an MPAA scare site that doesn’t let you know you still have rights when using copyrighted material. (It captures the back arrow key in your browser, which is not only annoying, controlling and disrespectful, it’s a way of driving up the hit count.) MusicUnited is an music industry pro-DRM propaganda site. Hey, it’s their right. It’s a free country. Sort of.
