how do you get caught for downloading music??

You don't. You move to Canada :Dfunnymario

using programs like Limewire to download music in Canada is legal:lol:DJ-PRIME90

Use iTunes. You should have to pay for your music. easteast

It also depends on what you actually do download. Almost all the music I download is originally from labels that aren't under the RIAA, and therefore not important to the RIAA, even if I do download a lot. Movies, on the other hand, is pretty much based on luck. They used to be able to catch people with fake torrents, but the leechers have figured that out. I've downloaded a few movies in the past, mostly relatively unknown flicks that the MPAA probably doesn't care about. But with movies (and expensive software like Adobe), you're taking a bigger risk.crucifine

It also depends on what you actually do download.  Almost all the music I download is originally from labels that aren't under the RIAA, and therefore not important to the RIAA, even if I do download a lot.  Movies, on the other hand, is pretty much based on luck.  They used to be able to catch people with fake torrents, but the leechers have figured that out.  I've downloaded a few movies in the past, mostly relatively unknown flicks that the MPAA probably doesn't care about.  But with movies (and expensive software like Adobe), you're taking a bigger risk.crucifine

oh and my other one no one answered, can they catch you down the road for something you did in your past? or would they catch your pretty close to when you did it?ncderek

Actually all those reports are fake. No one real has ever been caught. It's just fake news to scare people from doing it.Nipponjin

Third party companies use digital surveillance check to see users that have a high bandwidth, then you will be monitored regularly and they can also monitor your downloads.  Most people are lucky to get a warning email but serious downloaders get a legal letter.

Just looked it up, google is your friend

Canada is dope. It's legal to steal music here.TheCrimsonKoopa

Nobody gets caught for downloading music, it's uploading where they sue people.

It's tough to figure out just how they do it because each group has a different method (they also use different 3rd party companies), and they keep how they do it as secret as possible.
I think they basically they setup a fake file, or become a peer on a file. Then they keep track of how much you upload to them. It's fairly easy to say IP X had uploaded so much data to us, or I think w/ torrents they can keep track of ratio so they can say IP X has a ratio of 200:1 so they uploaded 200 copies of the album.

If I stole music off the net I'd still support the artists I like by buying a t-shirt (from their website), or even going to a concert (even if ticket prices are uber high).
jrhawk42

Yeah it is still illegal to download but i don't think the RIAA cares about downloading as much as uploading, but if you upload, your ass is grass, and the RIAA is gonna smoke it. I mean, I think that is how it goes. I barely, or if at all download. I am busy, plus I buy CDs. I think that if your gonna buy a CD of a band, that you just ripped, you should be ok.sprint_car_fan2

In Soviet Russia, the music illegally downloads you.TheCrimsonKoopa

[QUOTE="sprint_car_fan2"]Yeah it is still illegal to download but i don't think the RIAA cares about downloading as much as uploading, but if you upload, your ass is grass, and the RIAA is gonna smoke it. I mean, I think that is how it goes. I barely, or if at all download. I am busy, plus I buy CDs. I think that if your gonna buy a CD of a band, that you just ripped, you should be ok.TheCrimsonKoopa

[QUOTE="TheCrimsonKoopa"][QUOTE="sprint_car_fan2"]Yeah it is still illegal to download but i don't think the RIAA cares about downloading as much as uploading, but if you upload, your ass is grass, and the RIAA is gonna smoke it. I mean, I think that is how it goes. I barely, or if at all download. I am busy, plus I buy CDs. I think that if your gonna buy a CD of a band, that you just ripped, you should be ok.sprint_car_fan2

[QUOTE="jrhawk42"]Nobody gets caught for downloading music, it's uploading where they sue people.

It's tough to figure out just how they do it because each group has a different method (they also use different 3rd party companies), and they keep how they do it as secret as possible.
I think they basically they setup a fake file, or become a peer on a file. Then they keep track of how much you upload to them. It's fairly easy to say IP X had uploaded so much data to us, or I think w/ torrents they can keep track of ratio so they can say IP X has a ratio of 200:1 so they uploaded 200 copies of the album.

If I stole music off the net I'd still support the artists I like by buying a t-shirt (from their website), or even going to a concert (even if ticket prices are uber high).
ncderek

[QUOTE="TheCrimsonKoopa"][QUOTE="sprint_car_fan2"]Yeah it is still illegal to download but i don't think the RIAA cares about downloading as much as uploading, but if you upload, your ass is grass, and the RIAA is gonna smoke it. I mean, I think that is how it goes. I barely, or if at all download. I am busy, plus I buy CDs. I think that if your gonna buy a CD of a band, that you just ripped, you should be ok.sprint_car_fan2

[QUOTE="sprint_car_fan2"][QUOTE="TheCrimsonKoopa"][QUOTE="sprint_car_fan2"]Yeah it is still illegal to download but i don't think the RIAA cares about downloading as much as uploading, but if you upload, your ass is grass, and the RIAA is gonna smoke it. I mean, I think that is how it goes. I barely, or if at all download. I am busy, plus I buy CDs. I think that if your gonna buy a CD of a band, that you just ripped, you should be ok.lycrof

[QUOTE="easteast"]Use iTunes. You should have to pay for your music. FireXero

I second that

just wondering, i dont download, just curious how the whole system works.

ncderek

if you turn of sharing music in limewire prefernces, and you have a firewall, your pretty much safe. If the RIAA is looking at people who downlaoded a specific song, theyll see that you have only downlaoded that song and will skipp you. The people who get caught are the people who have 5000-10000 songs downlaoded and are sharing them...
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