psycho12345

This is just surreal. As many have pointed out, shoplifting the same amount from Wal-Mart might get you a grand in fines, maybe a little bit more. Honestly, I probably get away with less punishment by god knows how many other crimes (Racketeering, larceny, blackmail, grand theft...).

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Doogiehouser

^ This

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darthspartan

I wonder why they target people who only take like 30 songs i have friends
that have libraries of upwards of 5k in songs none of them legally bought. O maybe cause at $80,000 a song you get a grand total of $400,000,000 HA HA. Maybe if we got the RIAA to sue like 100 people that have libraries like this somebody would do something. OR we get every American to download 1 song then what will they do.

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wuttz

and tort litigation isn't a civil case?

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Coma

It will take you 40 years to make 2 million if you get paid $50k a year, which is about the average. And that's without deducing everything else you have to pay to continue living.

Except she'll probably get fired now and make nowhere near $50k a year.

2 million for the average person is a life sentence, outside of prison. A living nightmare.

darthspartan

Her life is basically ruined. From now on ill just do things that don't involve music. The guy that was pirating software and selling it only got $200,000. Somebody needs to make there lifelong goal to assassinate the president of the RIAA.

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Somenoob

I just don't think 20 years in prison is comparable to a $2 million fine.
Besides you can always declare bankruptcy. Your credit will be decimated but you most likely will not have to pay the full 2 million.
What does it have to do with the constitution?

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SchmoSalt

So what we see here is that the US Government considers stealing a mere 24 songs is god knows worse than raping and murdering an innocent person.

The government is sick. The RIAA is sick. They just ruined someone's life for the name of greed.

This has to stop. Now.

darthspartan

Yep has to stop. I would give them a single penny and call it good. Here is more proof of some crazy RIAA fact Lets form an angy mob march to the RIAAs presidents House and burn it down in the name of all that is good and right. LOL How bought this O NO if i put songs off a cd onto my ipod i pirated. Even though i payed for it. ANY artist that supports this idea should be boycotted.

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wuttz

read this and get back to me.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/01-1289.ZS.html

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO. v. CAMPBELL et al.
CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF UTAH
No. 01—1289. Argued December 11, 2002–Decided April 7, 2003

when you're done with it, tell me why it doesnt apply to copyright law?

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