Woman fined heavily in download case

[mvd]

http://www.comcast.net/articles/finance/20090618/US.TEC.Music.Downloading/

What a waste of time. Out of all of the downloaders, they single people out, which seems wrong in itself. And real wrongdoers like Cheney don't even have to pay a cent.

[Danger Mouse]

1. Ah, the good old RIAA.

Just when you thought it was safe to stop hating their rotten guts...

[mvd]

2. And it's scary they got the jurors to go along

Maybe we need tort reform the other way. :-)

[hobbit709]

8. And then the bastards never give any of that money to the musicians

Their claim is that the musicians are deprived of their royalties yet they keep the money for themselves. Even better, the RIAA goes after people who downloaded music from bands that never joined the RIAA.

[mvd]

12. I have all but stopped downloading from P2P

Had one moment of weakness and promptly stopped again and got rid of the downloads. I REALLY wanted to see if one CD was good. I just believe in paying for music. But for the RIAA to maintain they are so ethical in comparison is silly. Yes, there's the way they treat the artists, and also price manipulation/gouging. Some prices on iTunes actually increased lately to $11.99 per album and $1.29 per song.

[DainBramaged]

3. Download your music to a thumb drive or external hard drive

no harm, no foul. Dirt cheap now.

[JANdad]

4. Nah

Just don's "Share Files"

[DainBramaged]

5. That isn't going to fly among the millions of file sharers.

[pokerfan]

7. You mean we should leech?

But... but... That's unethical! :rofl:

[meow2u3]

11. Share your own pictures

but don't share any of the music or programs (except freeware).

[BuelahWitch]

6. I feel so sorry for that poor woman

She's being used as a scapegoat.

[suninvited]

9. $80,000 per song?

They are making one poor woman that violated copyrighted issue on 24 songs pay for everybody?? That is nuts.

[Dr. Strange]

10. Some are saying that might come back and bite the RIAA in the ass.

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9134582&intsrc=news_ts_head

I so hope it does.

[suninvited]

13. I hope it does, too

and how, I wonder, do they think that woman would be able to pay such a fine?

[mvd]

14. They'll never get all that

Unless she wins the lottery or something.