Woman has to pay $222,000 for sharing music on kazaa
 

WOW!

http://www.yahoo.com/s/698219

why keeping so much shit on your PC anyways?

Lets see if this thread can get to page 4, JUST LIKE THE OTHER ONE.

:1orglaugh :thumbsup

fucking-around-and-business-discussion/774269-riaa-wins-woman-loses-downloading.html

ouchhh 222.000$? huge amount of money

Shit I didn't see that.

that is because you are to busy posting, where's the family did you already put them to bed???:1orglaugh

Hehe... it's cool, I'm sure bro... we've all been there.

I know I have. :winkwink:

yeah she is so innocent thats why her hard drive disappeared and a new one was put in.

Good, now all those starving musicians can finally get their money and feed their family, and butlers, and maids.

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So..once a musician becomes wealthy and successful...they're expected to forfeit all copyright protections? :disgust

I guess and everyone forgets when they were starving following their dream.

Not at all, but do you think the musicians getting ripped off made 0 dollars during the time this broad was downloading all this music? All I'm saying is they are all still making a ton of money, no need for this full scale witch hunt.

0wned!!!

porn sites make tons of money...no need to worry about copy laws as far as stolen content goes

right?

$9,520 or so per song. That's one expensive two-sided CD.

My guess is you aren't a producer of copyrighted content and have never been affected by copyright infringement.

I can't bring myself to feel bad for her at all. She had a chance to settle before it went to court.

Damm thts got to
suck to be heR!!! "(

heard about this on the news.

Good article on the subject.

http://www.news.com/8301-13578_3-9792175-38.html

Of course not... the punishment should fit the crime though... this lady got bankrupt for essentially copying and handing out a cd to a few of her friends.

I'm sure she knows each one individually and they lunch all the time - puh-lease

I don't understand... how is that relevant?

I feel a little bad for her, but if she was ripping cds and putting them up online, then fuck her....

Because even though people will lend the odd film or cd to "real world" friends, she clearly wasn't doing that.

Trivializing her hobby of re-distributing copyrighted work to tens of thousands as "a few friends" is as far from what she was doing as you can get.

sucks to be her...

True that :thumbsup

For those of us who produce original content and have it stolen and capitalized on by slimebag thieves - I love it when cases like this help solidify legal precedents.

dude! thats a lot!

Good.

Fuck her.

That's what stealing gets you.

I can't wait until w start going after porn theives like this. One thief at a time.

DWB has no love for those who pirate.

That'll teach her.

An overly strong punishment perceived as "unfair" will have the opposite of its intended effect on the public.

fucking people. first you start defending the theft of copyrighted material and its distribution... then move on to BS about the crime fitting the punishment.

i didn't read the link... but this dumb bitch was given the chance to pay a few $$$ and get a get out of jail free card but she decided to fight it like a moron. the choice to lose 220K was hers... she's not a victim.

My thoughts as well. The general public will rally around her now. They will never see the full amount either. If it was a reasonable amount it could have made news and brought the point across at the same time. For example a nice $20k fine etc.

She should milk the publicity while she can and make some money off the spotlight....lol

Ouch.. but she was asking for it

Compare this:

Suze Randall vs. Max Sheridan

http://www.a-w.org/news/051600.htm

(awarded)

$150,000 - copyright infringement damages
$150,000 - tampering (removal of copyright notices/logo)
$22,000 - state violation
$16,171 - court fees

Total - $338,171.14

Suze had originally sought $1,407,000 in damages, plus $16,171.14 in fees.