Tokasmoka Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 The labels wanted the max. penalty of 4.5 mil but settled for 675k. That was sure nice of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbo Posted May 29, 2012 Author Share Posted May 29, 2012 It looks like they are trying to make an example out of some people to scare others off in order to help the music industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cj_coolcat Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 It's getting so much easier for artists to record and distribute their own music I feel like the big labels will become obsolete in the not too distant future anyways. The smart artists are exploiting file sharing and using it as a marketing tool. These big money producers will have to adapt to the times if they expect to stay in business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jester@wraiths.ca Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 the Record companies think everything is worth a billion times more than they would have made through sales... "13 record companies are trying to sue Limewire for $75 Trillion . The NYC judge in the case thinks it is 'absurd'. Its almost like these media companies are their worst enemy trying to make themselves look ridiculous. From the article: "The record companies, which had demanded damages ranging from $400 billion to $75 trillion, had argued that Section 504©(1) of the Copyright Act provided for damages for each instance of infringement where two or more parties were liable. For a popular site like Lime Wire, which had thousands of users and millions of downloads, Wood held that the damage award would be staggering under this interpretation. 'If plaintiffs were able to pursue a statutory damage theory predicated on the number of direct infringers per work, defendants' damages could reach into the trillions,' she wrote. 'As defendants note, plaintiffs are suggesting an award that is more money than the entire music recording industry has made since Edison's invention of the phonograph in 1877.'" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdeath Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Step 1: Quickly produce some atrocious song, or even a CD of them, by yourself. The quality of the "music" you release under your own name is completely irrelevant just release the music to iTunes or something. Step 2: Spread the songs/CDs onto Limewire or whatever software you want to try and use Step 3: Go to as many different public computers as possible (libraries, schools, neighbours) and download your song illegally Step 4: Sue for thousands Step 5: ????? Step 6: Profit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 You maroons, read the name backwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbo Posted June 1, 2012 Author Share Posted June 1, 2012 the Record companies think everything is worth a billion times more than they would have made through sales... yeah, 75 TRILLION. 5 times more than the GDP of the USA in 2010. Very realistic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sedin's 6th Sense Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 The labels wanted the max. penalty of 4.5 mil but settled for 675k. That was sure nice of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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