Seriously, RIAA?

[Kakapo Dundee]

http://www.google.co.nz/url?sa=t&rc...uMTmBg&usg=AFQjCNH8K1nLnMPoY1zwC6eSvb8zJBgeLA


The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is asking the courts to force LimeWire to cough up a staggeringUS$75 trillion in damages.

 

[Leananshee]

Riiiiight. Good luck with that.

 

[pjbleek]

75 trillion? really? never heard of that...that's insane...

 

[darkcgi]

 

[HK]

Like getting blood from a..... radish?

 

[Mercury]

75 trillion .....

:24:

 

[Accountable]

And that's not all!

The U.S. Supreme Court left intact a $675,000 jury verdict against a college student

The jury was told to impose damages, set by U.S. copyright law, of between $750 and $150,000 per violation. Jurors set a rate of $22,500 for each of 30 songs he downloaded.

 

[Kakapo Dundee]

Wonder what the fine would be if he'd simply stolen the tracks on CD?

 

[Francis]

Wonder what the fine would be if he'd simply stolen the tracks on CD?

He would have been batter of taking the CD to be quite honest..

It's not that I condone stealing but the music and film industry have milked the system and artists far longer than anyone else..

Pot calling every one else a Kettle..

 

[TenaciousDave]

75 TRILLION DOLLARS!!!

 

[Francis]

75 TRILLION DOLLARS!!!

 

[TenaciousDave]

Damn! I should have looked a little more before I made my first post. :rofl2:

 

[TenaciousDave]

 

[Dana]

Wait... Who uses LimeWire still?

 

[Francis]

Wait... Who uses LimeWire still?

Did you look at the link in the OP ?

Once the tool of choice for filesharers wanting to downloading music, LimeWire has languished since the service was shut down last October after a court ruled that it was liable for copyright infringement in 2010.

:umno

 

[TenaciousDave]

Oh dear. :unsure:

 

[Mercury]

Torrents are the thing now! :rockon:

 

[Kyle B]

ha ha, that's hillarious

I mean, that's only like 4x the GDP of the US.

 

[Dana]

Did you look at the link in the OP ?



:umno

Did now...

 

[Leananshee]

Wait... Who uses LimeWire still?

There's a pirate version out there, made by underlings of the original. Not that I would know about such things.