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- nicktx, on 01/30/2008, -0/+473A company in Massachusetts saves a few bucks, 20 tons of rocks kill a driver in the Big Dig there. The maximum penalty for a company guilty of manslaughter In Massachusetts: $1,000. Comcast gives customers the runaround, misses installation appointments, cuts off service, makes people waste many hours with useless phone support. Maryland county fines them $12,000. A person copies a CD - he or she owes twice the amount the average Joe earns in a lifetime. What's wrong with this country? You decide.
- ZenPirate, on 01/30/2008, -5/+303***** the RIAA.
I really don't know what else to say. - streetstealth, on 01/30/2008, -9/+173Oh, come on, this is still tame. These filthy pirates who share music should spend LIFETIME IN A LABOR CAMP, THE DUSTY SWEAT OF THEIR BROWS REMINDING THEM EACH DAY OF THEIR CRIME!
How DARE they desecrate the divine gifts of the recording industry? - GinsuGuy585, on 01/30/2008, -3/+108I am hereby submitting my personal information to the copyright office. Every time someone uses, shares, or makes a copy of my info, I sue for eleventy billion dollars.
- luchid, on 01/30/2008, -1/+98Corporate personhood. Among many other things.
- sliksta, on 01/30/2008, -0/+94Let the punishment fit the crime?
Not in this country. - rzxc, on 01/30/2008, -2/+69I would say ***** EMI. ***** Sony. ***** Vivendi. And ***** Warner Music Group. Those are the companies that run the RIAA.
You can't really take action against the RIAA. You can take action against companies. Whatever you do, don't buy their products. Any of their products. - davewashere, on 01/30/2008, -15/+74I pirated everything when the fines were only a few hundred thousand dollars, because I could easily afford it. If the fines are going to increase to $1.5 million, I think I might have to resort to buying my music legitimately.
- snatchmstr, on 01/30/2008, -0/+57Reading this kind of ***** really makes it hard to buy music anymore. Time to start borrowing it. I just can't find it in my heart to support them anymore.
- drakenlot, on 01/30/2008, -2/+53Now read up people, THIS is how sarcasm is supposed to be written.
- gordonj, on 01/30/2008, -1/+49What world do they live in where they think their music is worth that much money? How are these people that much out of touch with reality? If I actually went into a music shop and STOLE a CD, what kind of fine would I have to pay if I was arrested? Nowhere near 1.5 million. I think it's time we all stood up to these *****. We need to bankrupt the ***** out of these guys, so that they finally get the message that they are idiotic scum, who rather than accepting and adapting to a changing world of media, just stick their head even further up their own diseased arses!
- BadseedJR, on 01/30/2008, -0/+47Where is Anonymous when we need them to take down a real threat to society? Screw Scientology, they should be attacking the RIAA.
- WorkingDead, on 01/30/2008, -1/+47My iPod has 10,000 songs on it. I downloaded everyone of them. Under law, there is a maximum $150,000 fine per violation. If we are to adhere to the spirit and letter of that law, I have done more damage with my iPod than I could with a real life, god mode, GTA style rampage. $1.5 BILLION damage per iPod is ridiculous. But the law says its true so it must be correct. That means, with 119 Million iPods sold to date, thats a potential damage of $178.5 QUADRILLION, or 2,467 time the worlds yearly GDP.
With those kind of losses, you can see why the RIAA should be concerned. - socalrob, on 01/30/2008, -0/+45Its all about money. Watch Futurama where Bender and Fry are accidently made part of that bank robbery. The judge says something along the lines of:
"Your being charged with robbing a bank, and I've been told that a bank is where poor people keep their money that isn't properly invested, therefore you are being charged with the worst crime, theft of money"
Money > lives in todays society. A few hondred dollers gets someone killed. So think about it... Not the part about killing someone though... - mbthompson, on 01/30/2008, -2/+46Keep in mind that EMI is a breath away from pulling its support of the RIAA. I don't trust them much either, but if they were to do this I believe it would be the death knell of the RIAA.
- Webjunkie, on 01/30/2008, -1/+42I'll stop making backups of my CDs when the manufacturers make them indestructible.
- dynamojoe, on 01/30/2008, -2/+42***** em. ***** Disney, ***** the corpse of Sonny Bono, ***** copyright extensions, ***** the DMCA, ***** Pro-IP, ***** it all. I'm tired of being called a criminal just because I own a computer that can burn CDs. I'm buying all my movies/music used from now on.
- Kisama, on 01/30/2008, -0/+37I agree. Even if you don't believe in file sharing, just buy used CDs from now on.
- hadak, on 01/30/2008, -4/+33Wouldn't it make more sense to just have to pay the cost of the original disc (or song, album, whatever..) plus the cost of all fees associated in tracking yo ass down?
Call me crazy. - 10goto10, on 01/30/2008, -2/+31Why the hell would you wanna "copy a CD" other than for nostalgic reasons?
- staplez, on 01/30/2008, -0/+28This is very true. At one point they were trying to make reselling CDs illegal. We need to stop them where it hurts. In their pockets.
- swoopdog, on 01/30/2008, -1/+29BOMB THE MUSIC INDUSTRY!
- pigfister, on 01/30/2008, -1/+30The IFPI Are: the same ass holes, like "one ring to control them all"
The BPI Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, EMI.
The RIAA Soundexchange Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, EMI.
The MPAA Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, DISNEY, PARAMOUNT, FOX.
boycott their hardware, software ect is the only way to deal with anti consumer. - lnxfi, on 01/30/2008, -0/+26Does this mean I'm not allowed ot even copy these to my iPod?
I'm sick of the 'music' industry. They are the reason I have to hear "the apple bottom jeans and the boots with the fur..." about 400 times a day on the radio. (Now it's even on the tv as that ass retarded movie's theme song.) - georgetds, on 01/30/2008, -1/+26How can it be sarcasm if it does not have little sarcasm tags or smiley faces like this one? :)
- ConceptJunkie, on 01/30/2008, -1/+26Ding Ding Ding Ding!
While there were (and still are) legitimate reasons for it, it seems more often that it's just a shield for people to get away with really awful things with little or no risk of penalties. - danjwray, on 01/30/2008, -5/+29you're listening to the wrong music
- MScrip, on 01/30/2008, -2/+26Oh no! That's what they want you to do! Instead of releasing better music, or change their old business model... they are just tricking you into buying their inferior product! Don't do it!!!
- crystalmath, on 01/30/2008, -2/+24I will encrypt my data. I will be web anonymous. I will mask my IP. I will port forward. I will appear as if I live in Singapore, Switzerland, or the Bahamas. While I steal from you, I will not give you one ounce of information about me. I will slide by and Robinhood every last MP3, DivX, and signed application I come across. I will distribute data to everyone who asks and you won't catch me because I know what I'm doing. You will catch a handful of people who don't know, aren't careful, and are too poor to ever pay you anything you charge them with, but there are way too many capable and intelligent pirates just like me for you to ever stop.
- crystalmath, on 01/30/2008, -0/+22Whatever happened to the punishment fitting the crime in this country? I am so ***** sick of America.
- MScrip, on 01/30/2008, -0/+21I edit music for dance studios. I burn a dozen CDs a week. Sometimes multiple copies of the same song. I have for years. I guess I need to find a lawyer.
- Malevolant, on 01/30/2008, -0/+20I think you make excellent points and you also illustrate how the American people allow this crap to persist.
If we were to actually come together and voice our outright displeasure over laws like these, this country would be a better place. The laws are supposed to be fair to our citizens, but corporate interests and having friends in the government, has superseded our individual rights.
What happened to having the punishment fit the crime? These go above and beyond anything reasonable for something as simple as copyright infringement. If you murder, rape, or kill someone you don't have to pay restitution anywhere near these amounts. Our country is really whoring itself out, in terms of selling it's citizens out, and spitting in our faces with sickening laws of this nature. None of us should risk financial ruin for life over downloading a song or a movie. That, in itself, is beyond preposterous.
We, as a people, really need to reign in these types of laws before it's too late. - fearlessfx, on 01/30/2008, -0/+19Why make billions when we could make.... millions?
Seriously, they might as well ask for an even more exorbitant amount. Demanding like 150 billion dollars per album might open some eyes and put a stop those lawless music downloaders.
/sarcasm - dynamojoe, on 01/30/2008, -0/+18That's the sad part. I'm not a "pirating *****" either. My music is 100% legit (and I give two ***** whether you believe it or not). It makes no difference to them. Just by ripping my legally purchased music to my computer I'm a criminal according to the RIAA (http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/12/riaa-copying ... Further, you might not want to confuse copying with distribution.
nobody is ***** forcing you to pay attention FFS. - chris9902, on 01/30/2008, -0/+17That's so cute. They think they have the power to do anything.
- klco, on 01/30/2008, -1/+18Used CD's <- all of the pleasure, none of the guilt
- nastajus, on 01/30/2008, -0/+17There's a documentary called The Corporation about that. It has some interesting things to say. Among them diagnosing the psychology of a corporation as insane.
- Gantos, on 01/30/2008, -0/+16Dugg for the number "eleventy".
- baalzebub, on 01/30/2008, -2/+18this is why i DO NOT purchase music of movies & video anymore, i refuse to do business with corporations that abuse and manipulate the law to harm individuals with insane burdens they can never recover from...
- Denelson83, on 01/30/2008, -0/+15Pigs in mud! I keep visualizing these Mr. Monopoly clones partying in a chest-high pile of $100 bills. We can't let that happen!
- acdcfanbill, on 01/30/2008, -1/+16Especially ***** Warner, because they just bought a bunch of rights to some metal bands off Spinefarm records. Bands I used to love and buy CD's from since they were distributed by Nuclear Blast or Century Media in the states, but now I can't buy them anymore because they are under a RIAA company.
Warner can kiss my ass if they think I'll buy records from pricks that sponsor the RIAA. - tlo182, on 01/30/2008, -3/+18are these people so dense that they think someone will actually pay this? for 1.5 million, i could buy a great place in sweden, fully furnished (and not with that ikea crap) and have enough money to travel europe at my will.
give it up RIAA - you're toast! - ErosAmadeus, on 01/30/2008, -5/+20Barack Obama supports the RIAA. Look it up.
- HonestAbe, on 01/30/2008, -0/+14So making a mix CD for a friend technically exposes you to a $1.5 million dollar lawsuit now, right?
- orangefly, on 01/30/2008, -0/+14every band should have a donation button on their site....when someone downloads their music they can donate a couple of bucks....that's more than they get from the record labels and everyone can feel better about themselves....
- Ryosen, on 01/30/2008, -0/+14Did you even bother to read the article? I'm guessing not and I will bet for certain that you have not read the actual proposed legislation.
So you just got back from Best Buy (we know you shop there) with your brand new, legally purchased, CD. You think to yourself, "Hey, this would be great to have on my iPod." So, you rip the CD to your iPod. By the proposed law, you would be breaking the law.
But, wait, there's more! If the CD is a greatest hits compilation, you wouldn't be fined for ripping the CD. No, you would be fined as if each TRACK were a separate disc. The record companies are claiming that most people only like one or two tracks on an album. Knowing that they would be liable for statutory damages if they get caught ripping their legitimately purchased CDs, these infringers have figured out that they can minimize their risk by not ripping each CD for the tracks that they want, but by ripping a greatest hits compilation instead.
The proposed answer to the heinous workaround is to base the statutory damages, not as if you ripped a single 10-track CD, but as if you ripped 10 DIFFERENT CDs. Hence, what would ordinarily be a fine of $150,000, is now increased 10-fold to $1.5 million.
This was a legitimately purchased CD. Not a single song was downloaded in the process.
But, please, keep acting indignant. - ChaosMotor, on 01/30/2008, -1/+15You can't fix a system that is designed to crush humans by tinkering with it's settings. You can only discard that system and build a new one. Time for a revolution. The Constitution itself implores us to revolt when the government no longer represents us. That is a long-time past.
- EXreaction, on 01/30/2008, -0/+14*swoosh*
- cultist667, on 01/30/2008, -0/+13Get money from my cold dead corpse ***** RIAA *****.
- Lennalf, on 01/30/2008, -0/+13Just stop buying music from RIAA labels. You'll actually be doing yourself a favor, since you won't have to sift through nearly as much commercially-spawned crap.
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