I just realized how genius this idea is. The lady might have a problem though. LAcking said genitals.Onmi said:I would calculate how much the fine costs in photograph form and take that many pictures of my dick, then mail it to RIAA. Just to say "You got your money, just not if the form YOU wanted"
the riaa isnt here.Pendragon9 said:Well, you're out of luck RIAA. You'll never stop piracy or downloading music on the web. You can step on one poor person, but a million will take her place.
I guess you're just screwed.
So? It brings me joy to say it.Leorex said:the riaa isnt here.Pendragon9 said:Well, you're out of luck RIAA. You'll never stop piracy or downloading music on the web. You can step on one poor person, but a million will take her place.
I guess you're just screwed.
Malygris said:I think it's safe to say that this is one of those special moments when everyone is wrong.
Illegally sharing music is wrong. I can certainly understand why it's done and I have a lot more sympathy for it than I do for videogame piracy but at the end of the day it's still denying companies, bands and individuals monies to which they're legally entitled.
Thomas-Rasset is wrong. She put the music online, got busted and then thought she was smart enough to cover her tracks and concoct a story that would fool everyone. Bad, stupid move. Dishonesty has a way of coming out and it never looks good, particularly when you're under oath.
The RIAA is wrong. Two million bucks for some slackjaw who dumped her music on Kazaa? That's so far beyond the bounds of reason that even the RIAA itself seems sheepish about it. All they're going to get out of this award is a boatload of bad publicity, and they know it.
The system is deeply flawed. Sharing copyrighted music online isn't the answer. Coming down like a ton of bricks on the clueless average citizen is not the answer. I have no doubt that someday, way in the future, we'll come up with the answer, but right now we're all just sniffing each other's balls and wondering what's goin' on.
If it weren't for those people who in our eyes are heroes, we third-world country people wouldn't have any games or western music to listen to. I'd be stuck listening to Um Kalthoum's 15-minute music intro before she starts singing what sounds like gibberish even to me, & all the bums who are playing soccer on one platform or another would be in the streets killing people.Halfbreed13 said:There is a way to avoid this.... don't fileshare and infringe on copyrights. GASP
Genius I know right?
Lawyers know all about getting blood from things, they're vampires.Malygris said:File-Sharing Single Mom Loses Again
like squeezing blood from a turnip
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So illegal stuff is fine as long as it makes poor people happy? That makes perfect sense!PsykoDragon said:If it weren't for those people who in our eyes are heroes, we third-world country people wouldn't have any games or western music to listen to. I'd be stuck listening to Um Kalthoum's 15-minute music intro before she starts singing what sounds like gibberish even to me, & all the bums who are playing soccer on one platform or another would be in the streets killing people.Halfbreed13 said:There is a way to avoid this.... don't fileshare and infringe on copyrights. GASP
Genius I know right?
Thank you dopeman, Razor1911, ViTALiTY, so on & so forth...
If I physically go into a music store and steal a CD i wouldn't even get THAT big of a fine.Halfbreed13 said:So illegal stuff is fine as long as it makes poor people happy? That makes perfect sense!PsykoDragon said:If it weren't for those people who in our eyes are heroes, we third-world country people wouldn't have any games or western music to listen to. I'd be stuck listening to Um Kalthoum's 15-minute music intro before she starts singing what sounds like gibberish even to me, & all the bums who are playing soccer on one platform or another would be in the streets killing people.Halfbreed13 said:There is a way to avoid this.... don't fileshare and infringe on copyrights. GASP
Genius I know right?
Thank you dopeman, Razor1911, ViTALiTY, so on & so forth...
Yes the punishment is idiotic, but the crime is still avoidable entirely.LCP said:If I physically go into a music store and steal a CD i wouldn't even get THAT big of a fine.Halfbreed13 said:So illegal stuff is fine as long as it makes poor people happy? That makes perfect sense!PsykoDragon said:If it weren't for those people who in our eyes are heroes, we third-world country people wouldn't have any games or western music to listen to. I'd be stuck listening to Um Kalthoum's 15-minute music intro before she starts singing what sounds like gibberish even to me, & all the bums who are playing soccer on one platform or another would be in the streets killing people.Halfbreed13 said:There is a way to avoid this.... don't fileshare and infringe on copyrights. GASP
Genius I know right?
Thank you dopeman, Razor1911, ViTALiTY, so on & so forth...
Punishment does not fit the crime. Do not try to justify the stupidity of the court.
So only SOME of the artists you care about then? I didn't know the RIAA could choose what songs to sue over, just like I can choose which songs not to have.Although she allegedly had shared over 1700 songs, the RIAA sued over only 24 of them
I'm not so sure on that. Going bankrupt doesn't mean you get out of your speeding tickets does it?stinkychops said:Would work.sirdanrhodes said:There is one way out of this... Bankruptcy! Or would that not work?
Lol. Good point! My problem with the recording industry is where they decided to limit WHERE I could listen to the songs I bought! I have some CD's that won't play on my computer. Gee, I can have them in my car but not at my workstation? They are starting to realize that is a bad idea. Finally.FinalGamer said:This only makes me want to keep on not buying CDs.
Also this part makes me wonder.
So only SOME of the artists you care about then? I didn't know the RIAA could choose what songs to sue over, just like I can choose which songs not to have.Although she allegedly had shared over 1700 songs, the RIAA sued over only 24 of them
Mine is, of course, a crow bar.buy teh haloz said:P.S. For the uninitiated, it's a 2 by 4 plank of wood with a fuckload of nails on each side.
I guess that makes Rosa Parks a dirty criminal too then?The Bandit said:...Why? She broke the law. She's a criminal.Ajna said:I'd do the same as the lady in this case.
"Oh, very good. You have access to millions of dollars worth of lawyers. I don't. And you won! Good job there, mate. I'll just go live in my box now. I'll get a few friends to send photos of my box to CNN, though. Do you mind?"
That woman deserves a high five.
Rosa Parks stood up for individual human rights. This lady is standing up for theft. Totally the same thing.fenrizz said:I guess that makes Rosa Parks a dirty criminal too then?The Bandit said:...Why? She broke the law. She's a criminal.Ajna said:I'd do the same as the lady in this case.
"Oh, very good. You have access to millions of dollars worth of lawyers. I don't. And you won! Good job there, mate. I'll just go live in my box now. I'll get a few friends to send photos of my box to CNN, though. Do you mind?"
That woman deserves a high five.