WHAT IS GOING ON? A woman just got sued by the The Recording Industry Association of America, representing six record labels, for music sharing and guess what? She lost. How much was the verdict for her illegally shared 24 songs over file-sharing site Kazaa? $220,000.I don't know how to respond to this. A service comes out that allows you to share music but actually doing it is illegal. I know this is like the pipe and grass (marijuana) argument but come on! Millions of people did/do this. Are all going to be procesecuted? This just defies common sense. Unfortunately much of what goes on in the legal and political world around us doesn't either.
NOTE: Many of the 30,000 people sued by the RIAA have settled, for an average of $4,000.
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Hi Joe... in response to your post, it should be mentioned that she was given the opportunity to settle and she chose not to. I agree that the value of the judgment is very high, but the fact of the matter is, she broke the law, and when she was given the opportunity to settle, she didn't. Regardless of how common it is, music piracy is just that: piracy. This should be a good wake up call to those out there who think they can get around the law just because they think it is unfair...
I personally think this is ridiculous ($220k are you kidding me!) but she made her bed when she refused to settle for a couple grand...
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