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Zeba
Minmatar Honourable East India Trading Company
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Posted - 2009.06.19 04:24:00 -
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Edited by: Zeba on 19/06/2009 04:25:56
Downloading music you didn't pay for? RIAA has The Man on his side now with this precedent making case. An $80,000 fine for each song she downloaded so I'm betting that tard from metallica is a happy bastage now.
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Brolly
Caldari Caldari State Inc.
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Posted - 2009.06.19 04:29:00 -
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That's painfully funny
Moral of the story, do not buy off big labels
Wonder how much the judge was paid off?. What the hell is the point of getting sued that much, they will never be able to pay it. |
Zeba
Minmatar Honourable East India Trading Company
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Posted - 2009.06.19 04:32:00 -
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For the precedent. Next on the list will be some high profile target with tens of thousands of illegal songs and the poor git probably doesn't even know he is in the crosshairs. |
Atomos Darksun
Damage Incorporated.
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Posted - 2009.06.19 04:32:00 -
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Uhhh.
So in what justice system is being fined 80,000 times the amount lost "fair?" |
Luna Sistere
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Posted - 2009.06.19 04:36:00 -
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Originally by: Zeba I'm betting that tard from metallica is a happy bastage now.
I regret to having liked them in my younger days. They have turned into the biggest, whiniest sellouts in the history of music. Though their cd's do make great clay pigeons.
And yes, the fee is outrageous. |
Brea Lafail
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Posted - 2009.06.19 04:38:00 -
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Idiot jury and corrupt judge. God bless the lobby groups. |
Jin Nib
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Posted - 2009.06.19 04:40:00 -
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The shame is its entirely ineffective at what they are trying to accomplish, and wrongfully punative for the woman who has become a victim of outdated corprate intrest.
Jin Nib, Trading on behalf of Opera Noir |
Bestofworst
Gallente
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Posted - 2009.06.19 04:46:00 -
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I'm gonna work as an assistant in a doctors office one day, and when a little kid takes more than one piece of candy I'm gonna shoot him in the leg, this is what this story is saying to me. How the hell is she gonna pay that? ---- My Music |
Sokratesz
Rionnag Alba Against ALL Authorities
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Posted - 2009.06.19 04:53:00 -
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****ing hell that is insane
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Zeba
Minmatar Honourable East India Trading Company
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Posted - 2009.06.19 05:01:00 -
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I laughed my arse off when I first saw these years ago when lars was all emo in the media about Napster thinking 'nah will never happen' if there is even one jury member with a clue.
WTS clue.
Napster Bad!
Napster Bad! -Metallicops
Napster Bad! Metallica Millionaire |
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Krystal Vernet
Minmatar Gradient Electus Matari
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Posted - 2009.06.19 05:13:00 -
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That's a bit ... excessive.
And it's ample evidence that corporations are destroying society. \o/
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EnslaverOfMinmatar
Amarr Viziam
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Posted - 2009.06.19 05:13:00 -
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I wish the same court would jail murderers for 500 years. uʍop ǝpısdn ǝɹnʇɐuƃıs ʎɯ ƃuıpɐǝɹ ǝɹɐ noʎ
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Brolly
Caldari Caldari State Inc.
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Posted - 2009.06.19 05:21:00 -
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Originally by: Zeba I laughed my arse off when I first saw these years ago when lars was all emo in the media about Napster thinking 'nah will never happen' if there is even one jury member with a clue.
WTS clue.
Napster Bad!
Napster Bad! -Metallicops
Napster Bad! Metallica Millionaire
That's sad but true
/me runs off gigling |
Viktor Fyretracker
Caldari Fyretracker Heavy Industries
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Posted - 2009.06.19 05:32:00 -
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i bet they wont see a penny, no person would ever pay that off. course if they are smart they have sold all their property to other family members and decombined the bank accounts so the RIAA has nothing to get cash from.
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Zeba
Minmatar Honourable East India Trading Company
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Posted - 2009.06.19 05:43:00 -
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Oh I don't see the fine amount holding through the inevitable appeal but thats not what the RIAA was after. Headlines are what they want and now the next case will get tossed up and probably finished well before the first one can even think about getting to an appeals court to reduce the fine to something reasonable. This will be something to follow though just to see how far RIAA can push it. |
Jin Nib
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Posted - 2009.06.19 07:13:00 -
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Originally by: Viktor Fyretracker i bet they wont see a penny, no person would ever pay that off. course if they are smart they have sold all their property to other family members and decombined the bank accounts so the RIAA has nothing to get cash from.
It doesn't matter because the woman is still incuring among other costs, the cost of her defense. Which, no doubt is far and away a heftier price then the 24 songs she downed.
This may end up not being so good for the RIAA because it highlights the flaws of the current laws (I'm a poet!). Really the case should be in criminal court if she borke the laws, or in small claims court considering the amounts involved. |
Knopje
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Posted - 2009.06.19 08:03:00 -
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Originally by: Atomos Darksun Uhhh.
So in what justice system is being fined 80,000 times the amount lost "fair?"
In an extreme fascist oligarchy in which the government serves the interest of big corporations only.
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dr doooo
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Posted - 2009.06.19 09:17:00 -
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Did she do something stupid like admit she did it to the RIAA at some point?
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Vajak
Caldari
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Posted - 2009.06.19 09:28:00 -
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The US "justice system" is just completely ****ed up in favor of big corporations. |
Malcanis
Vanishing Point. The Initiative.
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Posted - 2009.06.19 09:37:00 -
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Originally by: Zeba Edited by: Zeba on 19/06/2009 04:25:56
Downloading music you didn't pay for? RIAA has The Man on his side now with this precedent making case. An $80,000 fine for each song she downloaded so I'm betting that tard from metallica is a happy bastage now.
I wonder what percentage of that $2.9 mill would go to the artists (assuming that the defendant had that much to even pay)?
Would anyone care to speculate that it would be more than $000,000.00?
Next up: why people who download music are bad because then there is no incentive for artists to create music, but why music corporations who rip off artists with blatently dishonest contracts and fraudulent accounting are good because they keep the artists hungry and keen. |
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Wendat Huron
Stellar Solutions
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Posted - 2009.06.19 09:39:00 -
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Originally by: dr doooo
Did she do something stupid like admit she did it to the RIAA at some point?
It's a woman, of course she caved. I demand to be tried as my peers, not by precedence gotten through intimidation of women.
Delenda est achura. |
ceaon
Gallente
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Posted - 2009.06.19 10:03:00 -
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ouch she got more that TPB
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ReaperOfSly
Gallente 3P1C F41L
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Posted - 2009.06.19 10:07:00 -
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RIAA are such a loathesome bunch. When are they going to finally realise they are not relevent any more and just crawl into a hole and die? ____________________
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Jin Nib
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Posted - 2009.06.19 10:12:00 -
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Edited by: Jin Nib on 19/06/2009 10:12:39
Originally by: ReaperOfSly RIAA are such a loathesome bunch. When are they going to finally realise they are not relevent any more and just crawl into a hole and die?
When they cant afford to pay the bills anymore.
Edit-forums swallowed my post. |
Ratchman
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Posted - 2009.06.19 10:27:00 -
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Edited by: Ratchman on 19/06/2009 10:27:53 The trouble with such draconian punishments is that it may inadvertantly kill legitimate purchases. People not au fait with the technology will just abstain from it completely, fearful that anything like this new-fangled iTunes may leave them owing millions.
There are also other considerations. Say iTunes get embroiled in a copyright issue with certain bands. People would then start to worry that music they have downloaded and paid for would become regarded as pirated music, and again land them owing millions. The average person doesn't know much about the law, so they will simply refuse to use any online provider.
Physical media sales would be affected to a much lesser degree, but there will still be people who will be put off buying music just in case. It might not be rational, but there will be a percentage of people who will think this way.
The trouble with such astronomical sums is that it is counter-productive. Over-reactions always inspire hysteria and hatred, and this will be no exception. Either people will buy less music all round, or piracy will grow to a point where it cannot be stopped. Imagine, if you will, a record company trying to sue a whole country. If enough people do something, it cannot be stopped, no matter how illegal it is. Either of these scenarios will cost the music industry far more.
The correct procedure would have simply to take the woman to the small claims court, and claimed the cost of the music, plus a small fine. This kind of offence should be of the level of a speeding ticket. It should only ever be escalated if there is evidence of mass-production going on (which would bring it into the fraud arena). Industry always loses a percentage of profits to piracy, counterfeiting and plain stealing, but most industries accept this and carry on. Yes, they will prosecute if they catch someone, but they accept that they will lose a specific percentage.
Fining someone so much for so few songs is like catching someone speeding, taking all their money and property, banning the offender from driving for life and crushing their car.
Crime needs to be punished, but perhaps someone should look at that line in the constitution that says 'cruel and unusual'. |
Blane Xero
Amarr The Firestorm Cartel
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Posted - 2009.06.19 10:52:00 -
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Edited by: Blane Xero on 19/06/2009 10:53:19 Jesus ****ing Christ At Tesco's. I think this would be appropriate use of my Collective Facepalm demotivator tbh. ___________________________________________ Haruhiist since December 2008
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Reven Cordelle
Caldari Yamainu-Mirai Heavy Industries
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Posted - 2009.06.19 11:44:00 -
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In honesty, I can't see why people even bother illegally downloading anyway. Music downloads are pennies these days.
Admittedly $1.9 million is ridiculously excessive. Even $80,000 for the entire issue would have been excessive.
The RIAA really need to get *****slapped for ridiculously overzealous fines. |
Bestofworst
Gallente
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Posted - 2009.06.19 11:58:00 -
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Originally by: Reven Cordelle In honesty, I can't see why people even bother illegally downloading anyway. Music downloads are pennies these days.
Admittedly $1.9 million is ridiculously excessive. Even $80,000 for the entire issue would have been excessive.
The RIAA really need to get *****slapped for ridiculously overzealous fines.
3.99$ for a gallon of gas never really seemed like much until I figured out how many gallons it took to fill a tank ---- My Music |
ceaon
Gallente
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Posted - 2009.06.19 12:37:00 -
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Originally by: Ratchman Edited by: Ratchman on 19/06/2009 10:27:53 Imagine, if you will, a record company trying to sue a whole country. If enough people do something, it cannot be stopped, no matter how illegal it is. Either of these scenarios will cost the music industry far more.
i proudly to announce you that according to BayTSP Spain is numero 1 http://bayimg.com/IABeeaaCEPlease visit your user settings to enable images. Spain got a population of 42 millions
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Brea Lafail
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Posted - 2009.06.19 14:33:00 -
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I find it surprising that Canada is #10 considering our courts have all but refused to say whether p2p sharing is actually illegal under our laws. |
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