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| Thread ID: 124813 | 2012-05-21 02:54:00 | Limewire .... just been handed the bill by the RIAA | SP8's (9836) | PC World Chat |
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| 1276500 | 2012-05-21 02:54:00 | Story here (www.stuff.co.nz) Something tells me my tax return would be much help ... :o |
SP8's (9836) | ||
| 1276501 | 2012-05-21 03:08:00 | 75 trillion dollars Did they get Austin Powers for their lawyer ?? |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1276502 | 2012-05-21 05:08:00 | the GDP on the entire world is only between 59-62 trillion dollars, i say only :D idiots...... |
GameJunkie (72) | ||
| 1276503 | 2012-05-21 12:11:00 | Wouldn't it make a significant amount of sense if the music and movie industries stopped wasting such colossal sums of money on high profile law firms and legal cases and instead ploughed this cash into new business models that made legitimate downloads more attractive and as such eventually killed off the whole copyright infringement issue? This would of course make far too much sense when they can make a grab for the entire cash reserves of planet Earth. Perhaps they could look at pumping out some decent music for a change too? They don't call them the MAFIAA for nothing... |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1276504 | 2012-05-21 21:56:00 | That figure probably includes the malware cleanup bills :badpc: | Renegade (16270) | ||
| 1276505 | 2012-05-22 02:35:00 | As my friend rightly said, based on this, Audi for example could be sued for their part in a robbery, where an Audi car was used as the getaway vehicle... | caffy (2665) | ||
| 1276506 | 2012-05-22 16:20:00 | Another news blurb this AM in my Email box::: Court won't reduce student's music download fine By Denise Lavoie ~ Associated Press Posted: 05/21/2012 04:38:11 PM PDT BOSTON (AP) -- A former Boston University student who was ordered to pay $675,000 for illegally downloading and sharing 30 songs on the Internet says he will continue fighting the penalty, despite the U.S. Supreme Court's refusal Monday to hear his appeal. Joel Tenenbaum, 28, of Providence, R.I., said he's hoping a federal judge will reduce the amount. "I can't believe the system would uphold a six-figure damages amount for downloading 30 songs on a file-sharing system that everybody used," Tenenbaum said. "I can't believe the court would uphold something that ludicrous." A jury in 2009 ordered Tenenbaum to pay $675,000, or $22,500 per song, after the Recording Industry Association of America sued him on behalf of four record labels, including Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Warner Brothers Records. A federal judge called the penalty unconstitutionally excessive and reduced the award to $67,500, but the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals later reinstated it. The 1st Circuit said a new judge assigned to the case could reduce the award again, but the record labels would then be entitled to a new trial. In the only other music-downloading case against an individual to go to trial, a judge last year reduced the penalty imposed on a Minnesota woman from $1.5 million to $54,000. An appeals court has scheduled arguments for next month in the case of Jammie Thomas-Rasset. So-o-o-o --- you can't really say that the RIAA doesn't have a heart - right? |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1276507 | 2012-05-23 01:06:00 | A jury in 2009 ordered Tenenbaum to pay $675,000, or $22,500 per song, They only sell them legally for about $1 each or so. Where's the logic behind $22,500 each? Oh wait, they're insane. That's right... |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1276508 | 2012-05-24 01:37:00 | www.theonion.com :D |
goodiesguy (15316) | ||
| 1276509 | 2012-05-24 01:54:00 | The date on that last link posted by GoodiesGuy::: RIAA Bans Telling Friends About Songs November 30, 2005 | ISSUE 41•48 LOS ANGELES— - The Recording Industry Association of America announced Tuesday that it will be taking legal action against anyone discovered telling friends, acquaintances, or associates about new songs, artists, or albums. |
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