RIAA Using Scare Tactics On Grokster Site
from the log-this dept
Back in November, we noted that the RIAA had taken over the Grokster website as part of the settlement with the company and posted a note that was wrong and misleading (claiming the Supreme Court said something it hadn't said). Now, apparently, they've gone even further, though in a somewhat hilarious manner. Visitors to the site are being shown their own IP address and told that it was "LOGGED" (in all capital letters) -- as if there's something illegal about visiting the website. Rather than worry people, this is mostly just causing people to laugh at the RIAA. Still for folks who want to quickly check what your IP is, you can now add Grokster.com to other favorites like IP Chicken, while getting the added satisfaction that your IP address has been LOGGED by the entertainment industry.
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The hilarious thing to do is to visit grokster through anonymizer.com...
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Good Grokster deserves scare tactics for all the spyware they put out there. I spent months logging them stupid things and sending em in.
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Thanks!
They have made a convenient tool for finding your IP address. Much easier than www.myipaddress.com.
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^^
LMFAO
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typo
"Still for folks who want to quickly check what your IP is, you can now add Grokster.com to other favorites like IP Chicken, while getting the added satisfaction that you're IP address has been LOGGED by the entertainment industry. "
should be "your IP address" - you're is "you are"
no harm no foul, just an FYI
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Ooops. That was a bad typo. Thanks for pointing it out. Fixed.
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What is even funnier is they got it wrong. Not sure why they have a different IP than the WAN IP that my gateway reports, but I am sure it is due to some hanky panky at my ISP.
Either way, welcome RIAA to "reasonable-doubt-land".
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I did that..
Went to a free anomizer site If we all do that would give the scum sucking shills something to do
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Ha Ha!
http://grokster.com.nyud.net:8090/
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Oh No. Grokster recorded my proxy's IP. I sure hope I don't cause my free and totally transparent proxy service provider any grief. Just to be safe, I better tell my proxy server folks to lock their teenagers and grandmothers away before RIAA come after them with lawsuits.
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They caught google!
http://64.233.187.104/search?q=cache:_9ApwAeRB-sJ:www.grokster.com/+grokster&hl=en&client=op era
Looks like a subpoena is on its way to the googleplex...
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Wusses
What a bunch of wusses. I visited the Grokster site from my real IP address for a laugh. Proxies are for pansies.
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He he
I just visited the site via a Navy computer. Now the RIAA can file a lawsuit against the Navy.
LOL
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thanks, Guardster
for allowing me to anonymously visit and laugh at the RIAA.
jdw
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n00b
now why would u go to a site and find out your ip address ?? you sir are a n00b
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lol - I visited Grokster by accident - can they do anything with IP Addresses?
Anyway - f**k them
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dsfvfd
fanculo va!
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Well then...
all i did was hear the weird al song mentioning grokster, so my curiosity got to me and i went there, well now im a fugitive from the law...
i think im going to sue weird al
xD
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Technically shouldn't they block all browsers like Internet Explorer, opera or fire fox? Or how about the isp's for allowing people to visit those sites. As long as you have the original or even if you recorded it from t.v. or radio, time shifting is 100% legal and it is also legal to make backups of anything you have as long as it is not for re-sale. Don't believe me? Look it up. I think some lawyers should be on our side on this one.
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