RIAA vs. Jammie Thomas round 2 - Verdict

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/n...al-verdict.ars

Personally, I don't think that piracy is right. Not so much because it hurts the lard-assed executives milking their employees for all they are worth but because it hurts the artists, the musicians, the developers, the proletariat - whatever.

At the same time, I think that this trial shows how completely unreasonable the system has become. If a person physically stole some CDs they would never be fined this much. If a person stole the CDs and started handing out bootlegged copies, they wouldn't be fined this much. And yet, just because the theft occurred online it is perfectly legal to give out these staggeringly large penalties. Just because digitals copies were made available, it is perfectly reasonable to ruin this person's life.

Apparently the RIAA has somehow convinced the federal government that it should completely ignore the 8th Amendment when someone steals $24 worth of music.

What the fuck. This is messed up man. 80,000 dollars for a song that probably cost ~1.50? That's bullshit.

If I were an interviewer: "So, even during the recession, you were willing to fuck this person hard enough to try and put her on the streets for the rest of their life, just so you could make an extra undeserved and unnecessary buck?"
RIAA: "... Recession?"

All digital music should be made free, thank you very much. CD sales can still exist, because our parents and grandparents aren't going to be as tech-savvy as the youth. But artists need to get back to making money through live shows and appearances, and spend less time in celebrity-esque limelight. Music piracy isn't going to stop. Ever. Time to get with the program.

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flibitijibibo makes a good point: this is a terrible time to be fucking the life out of somebody, if there ever was a good time. $80,000 is an obscene amount.

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Originally Posted by thehoodedsmack

$80,000 is an obscene amount.

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That's just per song. She's being fined almost $2,000,000

Wow, greedy bastards

I bet they want people to pirate songs.

let the RIAA get on some 80k/song bs with me, fuckers would be getting car bombed.

Yeah... the problem is... the artists ARE making money from the live shows and such...

http://torrentfreak.com/riaa-keeps-s...-money-080228/

They sure are not making money from the cases... and are threatening lawsuit.

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It should be noted that the RIAA might not collect the fine, and the Jury was the one who fined her 80k/song.

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Originally Posted by SnaFuBAR

let the RIAA get on some 80k/song bs with me, fuckers would be getting car bombed.

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