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Kazaa downloads cost one man $750 per song in RIAA suit

arstechnica.com — The RIAA won a pair of victories last week as a judge finally awarded the labels a default judgment in a case where the defendant never showed up in court. In another case, the RIAA convinced a judge to award $23,250 in damages after the defendant admitted to downloading and sharing music over KaZaA.

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  • CYR1X, on 03/18/2008, -5/+209lol KaZaA
  • BaoUnit, on 03/18/2008, -13/+210***** THE RIAA
  • tatjr13, on 03/18/2008, -4/+161People still use KaZaA???
  • NeoNightmareX, on 03/18/2008, -2/+146As he should, who even uses Kazaa anymore?
  • markbrown, on 03/18/2008, -6/+127Moral of the story: ***** the RIAA.

    Keep file sharing.
  • inactive, on 03/18/2008, -3/+63Don't they know that people in Junior High can't afford that?
  • Treason, on 03/18/2008, -1/+53AND CAPS LOCK
  • fhernand, on 03/18/2008, -4/+55AND THE MPAA
  • Blue_Eon, on 03/18/2008, -3/+51Ah yes, let's punish him more for "stealing" something that is infinitely reproducible at negligible costs than we would for him actually going into a store and stealing CDs. I'm well aware of punitive damages and whatnot, but it's still BS. Not to mention that the money will not go to the artists and never does. $750 for bits of data is ludicrous.
  • affanjam, on 03/18/2008, -3/+46AND SCIENTOLOGY
  • RainDrizzleFog, on 03/18/2008, -2/+43Or just don't download the Paris Hilton CD
  • tidu, on 03/18/2008, -2/+43just don't use KaZaA.
  • picpak, on 03/18/2008, -4/+44Dude, it's Kazaa, he's probably in college now
  • inactive, on 03/18/2008, -7/+45AAIR EHT KCUF

    ^ Even people from the alternate dimension are ***** pissed off
  • jrdbrn, on 03/18/2008, -0/+37$749 for the RIAA...
    $1 for the artist...
  • Subriot, on 03/18/2008, -5/+42I hope everyone who works at the RIAA will ***** burn in a pit of fire, they're ***** useless *****. (Pardon my French)
  • inactive, on 03/18/2008, -1/+36Yah, Raindrizzle is right, that's the type of magic you gotta buy.
  • MacSuxWindozSux, on 03/18/2008, -2/+32That's funny Kazaa saved me a lot of money.
  • Kyora, on 03/18/2008, -3/+29What the hell. I used Kazaa like 6 years ago or something. It still exists?
  • lhbaker, on 03/18/2008, -3/+28I remember when you could get a whole cassette tape for $7.50. Gas was free back then, too.
  • wellyuk, on 03/18/2008, -6/+30AND THA POLICE
  • aastark, on 03/18/2008, -3/+24This is just idiotic! Where the hell did they get the idea that each song cost $750??? The right idea would be to charge him .99 per song downloaded.
  • ru7hl3ss, on 03/18/2008, -0/+21No...
  • MacSuxWindozSux, on 03/18/2008, -0/+21Kazaa was reverse engineered by some of the Anti-P2P companies, now they can scan large sections of the network and spam computers as they record you downloading/uploading their clients intellectual property.

    They have tools like that for bittorrent and gnutella now too, but most of the providers/trackers blacklist known Anti-P2P addresses, and suspicious computers.

    Bittorrent and Gnutella also blacklist computers sending bad data, thats why you haven't seen half screwed up videos and music since the Kazaa days.
  • merbot, on 03/18/2008, -0/+20He must be the luckiest guy in the world. He actually got a song from kazaa and not a virus.
  • Dorepoll, on 03/18/2008, -2/+21Limewire is the next Kazaa. Get out while you can.
  • ren1999, on 03/18/2008, -1/+20The RIAA must fall under criminal investigation for failing to pay a portion of the collected fines to artists under their protection.
    http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2003/0 ...

    The RIAA has filed lawsuit to reduce artists royalties to 9%.
    http://digitalmusic.weblogsinc.com/2006/12/06/riaa ...

    The RIAA collects penalties from any artist, even those artists who have not signed with an RIAA music label.
    http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/04/29/033522 ...

    It is clear that the RIAA is a menace to the artists, the music, industry, and the fans. It is time to disband the RIAA in court.
  • MacSuxWindozSux, on 03/18/2008, -1/+19The Paris Hilton CD, if the Lawyers don't get you... the brain aneurysm will.
  • dasdef, on 03/18/2008, -0/+18MANBOYLOVERS ARE BURYING YOU!!
  • sathias, on 03/18/2008, -1/+18I really hope "default judgements" where the defendant doesn't turn up to court can't be used as precedents...
  • NightVortez, on 03/18/2008, -6/+23***** THE NAMBLA
  • hektur, on 03/18/2008, -1/+17*****
  • inactive, on 03/18/2008, -0/+14Exactly...
    Everyone should listen to this guy more often.
  • mattb5, on 03/18/2008, -0/+14Wrong! $750 for RIAA. Artist does not pass go and does not collect $1.
  • skeptic42, on 03/18/2008, -0/+13But when you steal a car, the fines you pay don't end up in the pocket of the owner.
  • wellyuk, on 03/18/2008, -1/+14Où est le français? Je n'ai pas lu tout français.
  • Alphabet, on 03/18/2008, -1/+13limewire is full of ads and spyware. Anyone that uses that ***** needs to be shot.
  • inactive, on 03/18/2008, -7/+19Only if you explain to us how such a copious amount of sand entered your vagina
  • AjaxDiggz, on 03/18/2008, -0/+12Not just the RIAA, any plaintiff. That's the meaning of "default judgment".
  • Deveak, on 03/18/2008, -4/+14This disgusts me, the guy probably ignored the letter thinking it was either the wrong person or it was just another scare tactic. 750 a song? thats 100 times the actual damage (.75), I am pretty sure that exceeds the maximum you can sue for. Why doesn't anyone sue them for extortion? they threaten to sue you if you don't pay them, thats extortion, threatening a person with something for money, god i hate the RIAA! My only solace is that they can;t stop me from pirating, now i just want to download more.
  • Aensland, on 03/18/2008, -2/+12C-C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!
  • inactive, on 03/18/2008, -2/+12ALSO *****
  • mattb5, on 03/18/2008, -0/+10WTF are you talking about? Kazaa installed on computers from the factory?!
  • inactive, on 03/18/2008, -0/+9You'd think he would know to get a better network than freaking Kazaa by then at least.
  • toxicityj, on 03/18/2008, -3/+12$750? did he really do $750 in damage per song to the record company and the artist? He "should" have to pay what the song is actually worth. Unless the extra $749.40 is a fee for still using Kazaa. Then he got what he deserved.
  • dyreschlock, on 03/18/2008, -0/+8i don't really know what's more surprising.. the amount that dude had to pay or the fact he's still using kazaa
  • str1fe, on 03/18/2008, -1/+9He typed in lower-case. This is one of the few cases where capital letters are not only acceptable, but required.

    ***** THE RIAA.
  • inactive, on 03/18/2008, -1/+9If and when getting a notice to go to court. Leave wireless access WEP open and plead ignorance.
    Sorry if they want to pull this *****, let them prove it was YOU downloading.
  • mCanada, on 03/18/2008, -1/+9Free speech, fair use, distributing government censored artwork, breaking corporate imposed draconian style DRM to works which you own, and on and on... Legal depends on your geographic location. Legitimate is universal. ***** the RIAA is forever.
  • chrispeters, on 03/18/2008, -1/+9But then where is the punishment? It also wouldn't go along with the RIAA's ridiculous damages claims.
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