Define the word Busted!!

Name me one person that has been convicted in court!! Not settled out of court
In England there is NONE.
You Say.
"One of my friends knew one of the people that got busted who settled with the RIAA for about $3,000." ABOUT!! $3,000, YOU dont Know ?.

Tell me, Who do you work for ?

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mickjapa108

It's well known in the US that the RIAA settle out of court all the time, and the amount is around the $3000 mark...


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Addicus...
The RIAA usually catch you uploading files not downloading them, what they do is trace your IP to your ISP and your ISP then gives them your information and it goes from there...

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No I don’t know the exact figure... you think that makes my story less credible? You think my friend told me: "Hey did you hear James got busted for downloading off limewire! yeah he had to settle with the RIAA for like three thousand two hundred and seventy five dollars!" of course not, you just say he settled for like 3,000, which is what my friend told me, so chill.

Also, what’s with the added emphasis on the "you" in: "YOU don’t know?". Why would I be more likely to know the exact number as a friend of someone who knew the person who got caught? Wouldn’t that make me even less likely to know due to the fact that im getting it as second hand information to start with? What’s your deal?

To everyone else, thanks for the responses so far, I didn’t know they traced mostly through uploads. However I'm still interested to see if anyone knows anything in relation what my friend heard about the RIAA putting up fake files on limewire or tagging certain files so that once you download them or a given number of them they can trace you. Anyone know about this? Thanks!

Hi Addicus, don't mind Mick, I think he was just having a bad hair day...

I know the RIAA place fake files like the ones explained in this thread
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/downlo...h-results.html

Also I have heard of ones that contain a snippit of a song that just replay over and over...

I'm not to sure about one's that can track you..I'll have a google when I get a chance and see what I can find...

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