hahninator Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 Remember this case from 2007? MINNEAPOLIS – A replay of the nation's only file-sharing case to go to trial has ended with the same result — a Minnesota woman was found to have violated music copyrights and must pay huge damages to the recording industry. A federal jury ruled Thursday that Jammie Thomas-Rasset willfully violated the copyrights on 24 songs, and awarded recording companies $1.92 million, or $80,000 per song. One of those songs was One Step Closer by you know who. Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftshoe18 Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 i saw that on the news today and think it's ridiculous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPPhan2005 Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 where's the list of songs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZLP-NaughtyNottingham Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 OSC by Deena Norian, right? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrandonR24 Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 (edited) Wow really? Thats insane.. Edited June 19, 2009 by BrandonR24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easier2run077 Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 one step closer... doesnt sound familiar mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DecanoLP Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 I read it on MSN a few minutes ago and thougt: Wow, that's hard. $80,000 per song... o.O Can't describe what I actually think xD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chesterchaz Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 Read it in the new today, too. Totally ridiculous!!! Don't wanna know how many billions and billions of Dollars I had to pay lol... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antje Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 1,9 Mio $ ????? Guess she is now the owner of the songs... It's ridiculous ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan461 Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 It's incredibly stupid to fine that much. She probably wont make that much money for the rest of her life. In Canada its smart, the max fine is $500. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andros Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 hey this is "NEST" is one song of the score of the Transformers 2 and "Contains Instrumental Excerpt From New Divide Written And Performed By Linkin Park" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aD4N57Wk10 i got the score Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiiesel Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 Read it in the new today, too. Totally ridiculous!!! Don't wanna know how many billions and billions of Dollars I had to pay lol... lol true.... 1,9 Mio $ ????? Guess she is now the owner of the songs... It's ridiculous ... xD so she could release it and get the money back... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarathonMan Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 I think this is getting out of hand. This is stupid. 80,000 for each song? That's pathetic. She'll never be able to get that money. Not only are those ppl greedy, they're trying to ruin ppls lives and for what, 5 song? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPxDC Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 This is seriously messed up. Really greedy those people are. Where do they get off charging this much?!? It doesnt make sense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONDREUS240 Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 (edited) Wow, that sucks for her. It should only be at most $20 per song. Edited June 19, 2009 by MONDREUS240 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spraypaintninkpens Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 They're trying to make an example out of her. See guys, it's worth paying for your tracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arbiter Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 Remember this case from 2007? MINNEAPOLIS – A replay of the nation's only file-sharing case to go to trial has ended with the same result — a Minnesota woman was found to have violated music copyrights and must pay huge damages to the recording industry. A federal jury ruled Thursday that Jammie Thomas-Rasset willfully violated the copyrights on 24 songs, and awarded recording companies $1.92 million, or $80,000 per song. One of those songs was One Step Closer by you know who. Wow. Hey, whether you like it or not, illegally downloading music is a crime. Everybody knows this. When you do it, you do it at your own risk and hope that you don't get caught. She happens to have pissed off lady luck and got caught. Poor woman but she's old enough to know the risks she was taking. It's kind of immature to be saying 'F you' to the RIAA. They do have their obligation to protect the artists interests since the artists themselves can't. Even though i know it's the record companies interest that is really getting protected, till the law changes, it's still a crime to steal music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraDoN Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 good to be in south africa no one comes near us with that crap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesnoda Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 Hey, whether you like it or not, illegally downloading music is a crime. Everybody knows this. When you do it, you do it at your own risk and hope that you don't get caught. She happens to have pissed off lady luck and got caught. Poor woman but she's old enough to know the risks she was taking. It's kind of immature to be saying 'F you' to the RIAA. They do have their obligation to protect the artists interests since the artists themselves can't. Even though i know it's the record companies interest that is really getting protected, till the law changes, it's still a crime to steal music. You have to realize when this "law" should be practiced in the way it was in this case. If a person has downloaded thousands and thousands of songs and not only downloaded them but reproduced them on cd's to sell and make profit, then YES, by all means they deserve this form of punishment. But I honestly dont know how you can sit there and side with this ruling for a women who downloaded 24!!! I repeat, 24! songs, I think everyone in there entire life time has downloaded ATLEAST 24 songs illegally. This is just an attempt for this "law" to get put in the news so people will take notice and this poor women has to be the scapegoat, the law makes me sick some times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[NiKmaN] Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 $1.92 million of a 32 year old mother... someone must have fucked up their brains!! that's not a good law but an epic fail. really it's so ridiculous. for 24 songs *facepalm* sometimes I think the government is hunting the wrong people. if a president kills 1000 of civilists with more or less reasonable war there's nothing to do but when a mother downloads 24 songs it's time to show their power, huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rav0k Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Apparently you guys missed the part of this article, that says she SHARED 1700 songs. That's quite a bit of songs...she downloaded 24. So that probably means she ripped songs from CD's she bought and shared them online for others. I still think...considering each song would be 99 cents...make her pay 3k at the most. MILLIONS of dollars? That's just far too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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