Comments on: $222,000 filesharing fine leaps to $1.92 million in new trial http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/06/19/222000-filesharing-fine-leaps-to-1-92-million-in-new-trial/ tech, science, news and social issues for geeks Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:53:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Sampihttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/06/19/222000-filesharing-fine-leaps-to-1-92-million-in-new-trial/#comment-164237 Sampi Sat, 20 Jun 2009 06:05:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=14620#comment-164237 I think the dangerous legal precedents that are being set in these US lawsuits is terrible. The number of songs (or files) shared should be irrelevant. They should setup a fixed fee. Making the argument that each song she "stole" is worth at least 480USD (considering she was sharing around 4000 like the RIAA claims) is ridiculous. How much is a song on iTunes store? How much is a discography bought on ebay divided by the number of songs? There should be a more reasonable, fixed fine for filesharing. Its like like speeding; everyone knows they shouldn't do it but they do it anyway. Prosecuting like this is ridiculous and has made everyone hate the RIAA. Going after trackers and indexers like ThePirateBay isn't gonna work either. Maybe the RIAA should concentrate on bringing the public a bigger variety of better and well payed recording artists. I think the dangerous legal precedents that are being set in these US lawsuits is terrible.

The number of songs (or files) shared should be irrelevant. They should setup a fixed fee. Making the argument that each song she "stole" is worth at least 480USD (considering she was sharing around 4000 like the RIAA claims) is ridiculous. How much is a song on iTunes store? How much is a discography bought on ebay divided by the number of songs?

There should be a more reasonable, fixed fine for filesharing. Its like like speeding; everyone knows they shouldn't do it but they do it anyway. Prosecuting like this is ridiculous and has made everyone hate the RIAA. Going after trackers and indexers like ThePirateBay isn't gonna work either.

Maybe the RIAA should concentrate on bringing the public a bigger variety of better and well payed recording artists.

]]> By: Sampihttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/06/19/222000-filesharing-fine-leaps-to-1-92-million-in-new-trial/#comment-272136 Sampi Sat, 20 Jun 2009 06:05:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=14620#comment-272136 I think the dangerous legal precedents that are being set in these US lawsuits is terrible. The number of songs (or files) shared should be irrelevant. They should setup a fixed fee. Making the argument that each song she "stole" is worth at least 480USD (considering she was sharing around 4000 like the RIAA claims) is ridiculous. How much is a song on iTunes store? How much is a discography bought on ebay divided by the number of songs?There should be a more reasonable, fixed fine for filesharing. Its like like speeding; everyone knows they shouldn't do it but they do it anyway. Prosecuting like this is ridiculous and has made everyone hate the RIAA. Going after trackers and indexers like ThePirateBay isn't gonna work either.Maybe the RIAA should concentrate on bringing the public a bigger variety of better and well payed recording artists. I think the dangerous legal precedents that are being set in these US lawsuits is terrible.
The number of songs (or files) shared should be irrelevant. They should setup a fixed fee. Making the argument that each song she “stole” is worth at least 480USD (considering she was sharing around 4000 like the RIAA claims) is ridiculous. How much is a song on iTunes store? How much is a discography bought on ebay divided by the number of songs?

There should be a more reasonable, fixed fine for filesharing. Its like like speeding; everyone knows they shouldn’t do it but they do it anyway. Prosecuting like this is ridiculous and has made everyone hate the RIAA. Going after trackers and indexers like ThePirateBay isn’t gonna work either.

Maybe the RIAA should concentrate on bringing the public a bigger variety of better and well payed recording artists.

]]> By: Michael the Dumb Techttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/06/19/222000-filesharing-fine-leaps-to-1-92-million-in-new-trial/#comment-164134 Michael the Dumb Tec Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:12:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=14620#comment-164134 I like this lawyer kid. He's spunky. The whole system (which luckily they're moving away from) that RIAA employs is retarded. "Sue a bunch of regular people for more money than they could ever have, and hope that they'll settle and we can make a point and recoup some of the lawyer fees we just flushed down the toilet." Their new approach of just contacting the ISP's and skipping the useless lawsuit step is much preferred. That's what they should've done in the first place. I commend this woman for not rolling over like so many others have and taking & settling out of court. Also, in the article above, it says $3,000 was the average settlement before court. Is that $3,000 total or per song? I thought I'd seen $3,000 per song, and that (like in this case) can add up very quickly. I like this lawyer kid. He's spunky.

The whole system (which luckily they're moving away from) that RIAA employs is retarded. "Sue a bunch of regular people for more money than they could ever have, and hope that they'll settle and we can make a point and recoup some of the lawyer fees we just flushed down the toilet."

Their new approach of just contacting the ISP's and skipping the useless lawsuit step is much preferred. That's what they should've done in the first place.

I commend this woman for not rolling over like so many others have and taking & settling out of court.

Also, in the article above, it says $3,000 was the average settlement before court. Is that $3,000 total or per song? I thought I'd seen $3,000 per song, and that (like in this case) can add up very quickly.

]]> By: Michael the Dumb Tech Geekhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/06/19/222000-filesharing-fine-leaps-to-1-92-million-in-new-trial/#comment-272134 Michael the Dumb Tech Geek Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:12:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=14620#comment-272134 I like this lawyer kid. He's spunky. The whole system (which luckily they're moving away from) that RIAA employs is retarded. "Sue a bunch of regular people for more money than they could ever have, and hope that they'll settle and we can make a point and recoup some of the lawyer fees we just flushed down the toilet." Their new approach of just contacting the ISP's and skipping the useless lawsuit step is much preferred. That's what they should've done in the first place. I commend this woman for not rolling over like so many others have and taking & settling out of court. Also, in the article above, it says $3,000 was the average settlement before court. Is that $3,000 total or per song? I thought I'd seen $3,000 per song, and that (like in this case) can add up very quickly. I like this lawyer kid. He’s spunky.
The whole system (which luckily they’re moving away from) that RIAA employs is retarded. “Sue a bunch of regular people for more money than they could ever have, and hope that they’ll settle and we can make a point and recoup some of the lawyer fees we just flushed down the toilet.”
Their new approach of just contacting the ISP’s and skipping the useless lawsuit step is much preferred. That’s what they should’ve done in the first place.
I commend this woman for not rolling over like so many others have and taking & settling out of court.
Also, in the article above, it says $3,000 was the average settlement before court. Is that $3,000 total or per song? I thought I’d seen $3,000 per song, and that (like in this case) can add up very quickly.

]]> By: Michael the Dumb Tech Geekhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/06/19/222000-filesharing-fine-leaps-to-1-92-million-in-new-trial/#comment-272135 Michael the Dumb Tech Geek Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:12:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=14620#comment-272135 I like this lawyer kid. He's spunky. The whole system (which luckily they're moving away from) that RIAA employs is retarded. "Sue a bunch of regular people for more money than they could ever have, and hope that they'll settle and we can make a point and recoup some of the lawyer fees we just flushed down the toilet." Their new approach of just contacting the ISP's and skipping the useless lawsuit step is much preferred. That's what they should've done in the first place. I commend this woman for not rolling over like so many others have and taking & settling out of court. Also, in the article above, it says $3,000 was the average settlement before court. Is that $3,000 total or per song? I thought I'd seen $3,000 per song, and that (like in this case) can add up very quickly. I like this lawyer kid. He’s spunky.
The whole system (which luckily they’re moving away from) that RIAA employs is retarded. “Sue a bunch of regular people for more money than they could ever have, and hope that they’ll settle and we can make a point and recoup some of the lawyer fees we just flushed down the toilet.”
Their new approach of just contacting the ISP’s and skipping the useless lawsuit step is much preferred. That’s what they should’ve done in the first place.
I commend this woman for not rolling over like so many others have and taking & settling out of court.
Also, in the article above, it says $3,000 was the average settlement before court. Is that $3,000 total or per song? I thought I’d seen $3,000 per song, and that (like in this case) can add up very quickly.

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