• Woman Hit With $1.92 Million Fine for Sharing 24 Songs on Kazaa
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This, children, is why you use private trackers and IP filters.
She used Kazaa, she deserves it.
I'd be willing to bet that by the computer literate generations grow up and have most of the spots on juries, nobody will ever be convicted of piracy ever again. Not that I condone piracy! Bad piracy, BAD!
[QUOTE=Chryseus;15650026]They would have to fine me $100,000,000,000 :eng101:[/QUOTE] Same thing with anyone who's ever illegally acquired a single song through the use of "sharing" programs. If every person in the world that downloaded a song illegally, and got fined for it, then paid that fine, we will have replaced the world's economy a ten times over.
Capitalism is fine, but not when it's on crack and steroids like this.
Hey I wonder what you would get slapped with if you stole 24 CDs?
It depends whether you distribute them or not. I doubt the authorities are as paranoid over CDs as they used to be.
[QUOTE=davidofmk771;15642813]And that kids is why capitalism is bad. Fuck, cut her some slack.[/QUOTE] That's why CRIME is bad you communist moron.
How many musicians who the RIAA claim to protect actually agree with what the RIAA do? People downloading your music can be great publicity. Musicians get more money from tours and merchandise as far as I know.
[QUOTE=TurtlePower;15673474]How many musicians who the RIAA claim to protect actually agree with what the RIAA do? People downloading your music can be great publicity. Musicians get more money from tours and merchandise as far as I know.[/QUOTE] I agree completely with this, all it does is make the bands more popular, you'll listen to songs that you would buy because you got them free.
[QUOTE=ambershee;15662715]That's not her crime - her crime is the equivalent of going to Walmart, stealing twenty-thousand CDs, and giving them away to other people ;) Either way, the ruling in this case is ridiculous. The RIAA are way over the top and get away with far too much. I seem to recall them having filed suit against dead people, babies, and people that don't even exist in the past...[/QUOTE] No, more like stealing (or possibly buying) one CD, ripping it, and handing it out to people.
[QUOTE=Scherf!;15671615]That's why CRIME is bad you communist moron.[/QUOTE] How the fuck is crime related to communism you capitalistic mororn.
[QUOTE=TurtlePower;15673474]How many musicians who the RIAA claim to protect actually agree with what the RIAA do? People downloading your music can be great publicity. Musicians get more money from tours and merchandise as far as I know.[/QUOTE] I remember Trent Reznor said that an artist makes shit off cds, so if it retails for $10, they make around 10 cents. They only actually get paid for the music, but you pay for the disk and case mostly, that's why buying digitally is so much cheaper.
Holy shit, I only got a letter from my ISP after I had been caught with over 50 songs being downloaded and shared one day, not even a fine they just said don't do it again.
[QUOTE=dual elites;15673730]Holy shit, I only got a letter from my ISP after I had been caught with over 50 songs being downloaded and shared one day, not even a fine they just said don't do it again.[/QUOTE] That's because it's the [B]UPLOADERS[/B] they care about. Not seeders.
[QUOTE=TurtlePower;15673474]How many musicians who the RIAA claim to protect actually agree with what the RIAA do? People downloading your music can be great publicity. Musicians get more money from tours and merchandise as far as I know.[/QUOTE] Not many [url]http://torrentfreak.com/moby-the-riaa-needs-to-be-disbanded-090620/[/url]
[QUOTE=Kalibos;15644138]Legally they have to assume that. I hate to say it but, she DID break the law. It happens all the time all over the place simultaneously, and unfortunate people like her take the rap for it.[/QUOTE] It's breaking the law in the same way that taping a football game and watching it later is breaking the law. It's massive companies making laws, not the american people. Which is why it's wrong.
[QUOTE=VassikinX3;15673973]That's because it's the [B]UPLOADERS[/B] they care about. Not seeders.[/QUOTE] You do realize that a seeder is an uploader, right?
[img]http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/9172/1245456677307.jpg[/img] Sounds right to me...
[QUOTE=Xystus234;15671145]This is just sick. It's things like these that make me want to start a revolt. Either that, or start a gigantic protest. Goddamn capitalist-corporatist money-mongers. How long will we let the people in control of money rule the world?[/QUOTE] Rule the world? Haha, are you serious? One woman get's screwed and apparently the world is now controlled by greedy sleezy fatcats. Yeah, this is definitely grounds to incite riots. Fuck da po-lice.
So uh where is she supposed to find 2 mil from
[QUOTE=Hezzy;15681818]So uh where is she supposed to find 2 mil from[/QUOTE] According to my calculations, she will have to suck 400,000 dicks.
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[QUOTE=helpiminabox;15674969]You do realize that a seeder is an uploader, right?[/QUOTE] They didn't initially upload it to the site though, they just passed it on. Think of the torrent of a note being passed, but everybody gets a copy when it's passed. Even though everybody helped get it, only one person actually started it.
What's Kazaa?
[QUOTE=mbutler2;15691396]What's Kazaa?[/QUOTE] Pirate app. Comes with questions such as "How did I get this virus?", "My computer has viruses, how do I remove them?" and my all time favourite "My creditcard has been used on 23 different locations. Why?"
Has anyone ( besides the 3 guys in charge) ever been charged for using The Pirate Bay? If not then why is there a danger in using certain websites like Kazaa but when It comes to major pirating websites there is no danger?
Piracy is wrong, and I have my own personal hate for it, but... 1.92 million dollars? I realize one of the best ways to deter possible pirates is through scaring them off via punishments to others, but I can't help but feel that they're singling out one person for no other reason than that they can.
brb buying 2 cds then playing them at a party
[QUOTE=postmanX3;15713431]Piracy is wrong, and I have my own personal hate for it, but... 1.92 million dollars? I realize one of the best ways to deter possible pirates is through scaring them off via punishments to others, but I can't help but feel that they're singling out one person for no other reason than that they can.[/QUOTE] Why do you have a personal hate for piracy?
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