arstechnica.com — A federal judge has ordered the RIAA to divulge its expenses it has incurred for each of the 38 songs cited in a copyright infringement lawsuit. Defendant Marie Lindor hopes to convince a judge that the damages sought by the RIAA are unconstitutionally excessive.
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glitch82Nov 28, 2007
Don't send them any money, dumbass.
sinudeityNov 28, 2007
70c per song. So if they sell it at 90c a song, the artist probably gets, lemme do the maths...0.0063c for each song sold. Artists unite against the company that chooses to keep you poor.
cerebralNov 28, 2007
Actually they don't / shouldn't have to prove that YOU were at the machine. For instance YOU pay for THAT IP address, therefore YOU are responsible for ALL activity on that IP address. Same as someone driving through a red light and getting caught by one of those cameras. You get the ticket because it was YOUR car. You are the one who has to prove that you were NOT there downloading at the time. In that case you would have to prove that either you weren't there, your internet was hacked/stolen, you roll on someone else that you can prove was there and testify against that person or you're out of luck.I do remember hearing something about unprotected wifi routers/APs and being able to get away on a technicality that they don't come encrypted so anyone could have used it etc. but I don't know any truth to that. I would assume at that point in time the **AA would have to prove you knew that you COULD and chose NOT TO encrypt your router/AP. I have a feeling though that this defense does work or why else would Verizon be providing wifi routers with FiOS and setting up encryption on installation?
latrosicariusNov 29, 2007
^ ya lol just noticed that
davidlowNov 29, 2007
$7 is NOT a fair price. It only seems fair in comparison to the extortionate pricing of recent history.
buckillerNov 29, 2007
Well, it would be fair if artists got more of the cut. Im perfectly willing to pay $7 for an album I want. I generally like music that I... well... like.