RIAA Wins $220,000 Judgment Against File Sharer
Users of Kazaa or other popular file sharing software were put on notice last Thursday: You take from the RIAA'''s pockets, they'''ll return the favor. Wired is reports that Jammie Thomas, a single mother living in Minnesota was ordered to pay $9,250 for each of 24 songs she downloaded using Kazaa, amounting to $222,000 in penalties. Besides making us all think just what songs we'''d be willing to shell out over $9K for, the decision should give the RIAA the precedent it needs to start going after illegal file sharers. ''"I think we have sent a message we are willing to go to trial,''" remarked Richard Gabriel. With album sales on the decline, it'''s nice to see that record labels are still finding ways to reach out to fans''¦and punch them in the face.Source: Wired
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October 10, 2007 at 3:37 p.m.
| Steve L. |
I hate to admit it, but they do have a right to sue for illegal downloading. But to solely blame illegal downloading on their loss of money over the last 7-8 years is absurd. Sony BMG (as an example) loses shitloads of $ by having people like Jennifer Praiser on payroll and, thereby, alienates people that actually do buy albums. Fucking morons. |
October 10, 2007 at 9:15 p.m.
| Etan Rosenbloom |
Also you have to remember, most people that the RIAA has sued were smart enough to settle out of court for a much, much smaller penalty. I'm not saying that this woman deserves to be slammed in the first place, but she was an idiot if she thought that she could win this case. It's pretty easy to trace the illegal downloads back to her IP address. I heard on the radio that her lawyer's case was essentially "Eh, you can never be TOTALLY sure it was actually her that shared those files." |
October 11, 2007 at 12:10 a.m.
| Kyle |
I love that all the articles point out that she is a "single mother" having to pay $220,000 to the [evil] man. What does being single or a mother have to do with her illegally downloading music? The RIAA didn't go after her for her singleness or motherhood. She got sued for illegal activity, plain and simple. As a poor college student, I somehow pay the $10-15 for a CD. If I don't have the money to buy a CD I want, then I just have to live without it. |
This is insanity. The RIAA is absolutely evil. Who's running that organization, Dick Cheney?