O yes THIS PLEASESpeakercone said:See, if we just pirate everything all the time, then the RIAA don't get the funding to keep being dicks.
I don't see how this could possibly backfire.
good one. I highly doubtful that this will change jack in music piracy stats.Fusioncode9 said:They're making an example out of him. It sucks but they think that this will stop people from downloading music illegally.KeyMaster45 said:I don't see the purpose of this, so the RIAA crushes the life of one guy. Grats I guess? They do know there's not a snowball's chance in hell of them ever seeing all that money right? I mean ffs sake, I'm all for protecting copyrights and all that stuff but ruining someone's life over it? Who the hell gets that money anyway? It's sure not going to the artists who's songs the guy downloaded, that much I know.
Not likely to happen as long as it's easier to sue us as the reason music is on the decline.zehydra said:I say let it fail. When people stop getting fed this nonstop stream of cut-and-paste music, then hopefully maybe people will start making their own music again. In the current system, when you make music for a living, rarely do you own your IP.
I have a 500 GB Archos.dfphetteplace said:I have a 160gb iPod. That means I have roughly 20,000 songs on it (I low balled it, it is a few thousand more, I believe). So accourding to the RIAA, my iPod contains $450,000,000 worth of songs. My iPod is apparently one of the most valuable objects on the face of the earth.
And when you consider how many people have these high-capacity MP3 devices, by the RIAA's logic, there is a subsequent "value" per song for each device. Therefore, we can assume that there is enough hypothetical money out there that collectively those with such devices could royally screw up the global exchange rates, the world economy, et cetera.Zachary Amaranth said:I have a 500 GB Archos.dfphetteplace said:I have a 160gb iPod. That means I have roughly 20,000 songs on it (I low balled it, it is a few thousand more, I believe). So accourding to the RIAA, my iPod contains $450,000,000 worth of songs. My iPod is apparently one of the most valuable objects on the face of the earth.
I win.
Hell, why not alleviate both problems? Get the Chinese Government to download a bunch of songs, let RIAA sue china into bankruptcy, then WE can come to their rescue!SelectivelyEvil13 said:And when you consider how many people have these high-capacity MP3 devices, by the RIAA's logic, there is a subsequent "value" per song for each device. Therefore, we can assume that there is enough hypothetical money out there that collectively those with such devices could royally screw up the global exchange rates, the world economy, et cetera.
Hell, maybe the RIAA should be so kind as to fix the U.S. debt crisis we're in by selling China and the likes a few Lady Gaga Cds worth of Mp3 files. In fact, let's just all do our patriotic duty and give China one song each to help alleviate the U.S. debt. Because those megabytes are worth more than freaking gold! A few generous folks can help steer the U.S. towards worldwide acquisition...