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Thread ID: 100746 2009-06-19 06:16:00 Woman fined $3m for illegal downloads davidmmac (4619) PC World Chat
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783579 2009-06-19 06:16:00 tvnz.co.nz

Ouch, your going to feel that.

Would have been cheaper to buy them.

Silly Sausage :rolleyes:
davidmmac (4619)
783580 2009-06-19 06:25:00 Piracy is not worth it. pcuser42 (130)
783581 2009-06-19 06:28:00 Ouch, where did they get that figure from? 24 songs so a double album some total $40 on average does not make 3 mil gary67 (56)
783582 2009-06-19 06:28:00 Kazaa? People still use that?

Haha, serves her right. But $3m isn't a fair indication of loss. 24 songs = about $24-30, depending on where you buy them from.

Even if someone stole 24 cars, they wouldn't get a fine that big. Sure, they'd probably get jail instead, but if jail time was converted to a fine, I'm sure it wouldn't be that big.
ubergeek85 (131)
783583 2009-06-19 07:39:00 How is she even going to pay for that? Assuming she's not a millionaire, a category most pirates do not fall under. qazwsxokmijn (102)
783584 2009-06-19 07:43:00 Ouch, where did they get that figure from?

Here. this is how they came up with that figure:
arstechnica.com


It's America - they love to sue.

And she knew, there has been articles earlier - she swapped her drive out to try and hide it.
pctek (84)
783585 2009-06-19 08:25:00 Here. this is how they came up with that figure:
arstechnica.com


It's America - they love to sue.

And she knew, there has been articles earlier - she swapped her drive out to try and hide it.

Ah, that explains the hefty fine.

She should have just admitted her wrong doing initially.
davidmmac (4619)
783586 2009-06-19 11:30:00 Dinosaurs will die. Twelvevolts (5457)
783587 2009-06-20 01:49:00 If the list of songs she downloaded that I've seen is to be believed than are they going to sue YouTube?
As all the songs are on there :lol:
CYaBro (73)
783588 2009-06-20 02:18:00 Solo Mum, whats the point, they wont get 3 cents out of her....waste of money by the record companies...... SolMiester (139)
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