I will never buy an album again.
In the first US trial to challenge the illegal downloading of music on the Internet, a single mother from Minnesota was ordered Thursday to pay 220,000 dollars for sharing 24 songs online…
Thomas, an employee of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, an Indian tribe, was ordered to pay a 9,250-dollar fine for each of 24 shared songs cited in the case, including Godsmack’s “Spiral,” Destiny’s Child’s “Bills, Bills, Bills” and Sara McLachlan’s “Building a Mystery.”
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why would they sue …
why would they sue her for 24 songs only instead of all of them and why would they single her out only if people download songs all the time?
that is called …
that is called publicity, elvis was an average singer, frank sinatra the same, and the rolling stones are not that great either, are they famous? thats another story.
actually most …
actually most artist dont make any money from record sales but from concerts, now if you buy a cd from somebody that doesnt write his own stuff is massively exposed thru media and is a millionare , you are a retard.
you dont do that to …
you dont do that to a a woman with no husband and 4 kids, what a bunch of bastards, they shouldnt be allowed to breathe.
funny how they can …
funny how they can sue somebody for 24 tracks , while they have stolen more than 300,000 tracks from artists, they shouldnt be allowed talk about music stealing.
her 4 kids will …
her 4 kids will nnow have to eat cheap food and wear cheap clothes while someone from RIAA will now be able to buy another bottle of crystal. What a crap!
People like you are …
People like you are the reasons why United States look like the capital of the world. @kamikuru77.
@jokericon00 eat a …
@jokericon00 eat a dick
jokericon00,
> she …
jokericon00,
> she could have just settled for $3,500.
$3,500 for 24 songs? This means that someone with only 10GB of music wolud have to pay $150000 to settle. That’s totally sick. People who do those lawsuits should be decapitated.
Just another reason …
Just another reason to hide your assets from the Zionists.
whts the update?
whts the update?
i feel like …
i feel like slapping that stupid RIAA nerd!
I’m downloading …
I’m downloading music right now
the average 18 year …
the average 18 year old internet user would owe about 200 million dollars with the logic of this retarded case
I have 182 million dollars on my ipod, you riaa
Another thing that …
Another thing that is remarkable to me is that I hear a lot of people say that music suck today. This is a very true statement and the last albums and singles I bought was in 2005 and they were amazing.
However if music sucks today then why do people keep paying for it. Let me take it a step further, why even download it illegally if the music sucks that bad? I am just not understand where the freeloaders stand at the moment.
I have never …
I have never downloaded illegally if you are referring to me. I know how much hard work goes into creating music and movies. So thank you for wanting them to convict me.
For you second response it is outrageous that she must pay that much however they gave her a chance just like everyone else to just pay $3,500. Instead she decide to fight it and lost. Now she has to pay even more money when she could have just settled for $3,500.
I hope they convict …
I hope they convict you for downloading illegally, because I know you have.
I concur, not a …
I concur, not a smart move on her part. But a ridiculous sum of near 2 million? What?
Where is the …
Where is the protest? People need to stand the up and PROTEST THIS SHIT! ITS OUTRAGEOUS!
No, them! And …
No, them! And you too! A single mother deserves an order to pay $2 million to a multi-billion dollar industry? For a transgression that MILLIONS of Americans are guilty of??
God, some people..I’ll bet you are a Republican.
“I commend them …
“I commend them They are doing the Right Thing”
Are certain to seek their rights, but charge a fine of $ 2 million of whom can not pay $ 200? This is right? Capitalism okay guy but, that there is cowardice and theft.
This matter is closed for me also, there are even people who were born to be exploited by others.
Go Universal Music! …
Go Universal Music! and go RIAA! I commend them They are doing the Right Thing!
Okay, besides the …
Okay, besides the big corps being greedy, why do juries keep convicting people? You people understand that you can let someone go, even if they are guilty to the letter of the law, right? It’s called jury nullification.
What the american …
What the american justice and the music companies are doing with this woman is a shame. Boycott of them already.
Fuck Music …
Music Corporations! I respect the artists but paying for any music track again after this I’m done