College Student fined $675,000 for illegally downloading mus

[Chestaan]

Yep, you read correct, that's 675 THOUSAND dollars for illegally downloading and sharing music on the internet. This equates to $22,500 for every song (30) that he illegally downloaded and shared. Now while we can claim that illegal downloading songs is bad for the music industry is bad, I think that this might be a tad excessive. What do you guys think?

Source: http://www.spinner.com/2012/05/21/supre ... baum-fine/

[Kaarinzistan]

If the moderators of this website were in charge, we would see even more insane things like this.

[Khadgar]

If the moderators of this website were in charge, we would see even more insane things like this.

Karin!


The RIAA is evil. Not exactly news.

[Sedgistan]

If the moderators of this website were in charge, we would see even more insane things like this.

Second post on this account, and you're already trying to start a threadjack. Cut it out, or you'll be warned.

[Kaarinzistan]

If the moderators of this website were in charge, we would see even more insane things like this.

Karin!


The RIAA is evil. Not exactly news.

Oh no. I put two aa's on this name for a reason. To show people that it is not pronounced with a short a.

[The Grand World Order]

Provides an actual disincentive for stealing music. Problem?

[Wamitoria]

Provides an actual disincentive for stealing music. Problem?

Decreases respect for the music industry, lessening the guilt felt by some for downloading pirated music.

EDIT: In essence, the approach is all stick, no carrot.

[Former Wellboneland]

Provides an actual disincentive for stealing music. Problem?

Decreases respect for the music industry, lessening the guilt felt by some for downloading pirated music.

Win.

[Conserative Morality]

Quite excessive.

[Chestaan]

Provides an actual disincentive for stealing music. Problem?

Shooting him dead would also provide a disincentive to stealing music, but it would be EXCESSIVE. See where I'm coming from?

[The Grand World Order]

Decreases respect for the music industry, lessening the guilt felt by some for downloading pirated music.

It's not like they respected it in the first place, now is it?

[Adoviksa]

Yep, you read correct, that's 675 THOUSAND dollars for illegally downloading and sharing music on the internet. This equates to $22,500 for every song (30) that he illegally downloaded and shared. Now while we can claim that illegal downloading songs is bad for the music industry is bad, I think that this might be a tad excessive. What do you guys think?

Source: http://www.spinner.com/2012/05/21/supre ... baum-fine/

That is a tad bit excessive, I believe he should of been fined but not that much!

[Soviet Russia Republic]

This is ridiculous.

[TaQud]

675,000 dollars wow. Just don't sell the music and they won't know

[Magmia]

675,000 is a bit much

[Wamitoria]

Decreases respect for the music industry, lessening the guilt felt by some for downloading pirated music.

It's not like they respected it in the first place, now is it?

I do. Mostly out of respect for the people at the bottom of the corporate ladder.

This makes me almost not give a shit.

[The Joseon Dynasty]

Well, that just about ends my illegal music-related activities, I think.

[Conserative Morality]

It's not like they respected it in the first place, now is it?

I respect the law, but I lose respect for the music industry every time I see nonsense like this. They're hurting their own cause by causing a shift in the mentality of what SHOULD or should not be accepted in the opinion of the public, which will come back to bite them in the ass.

[TaQud]

Well, that just about ends my illegal music-related activities, I think.

Just don't sell them. Thats what gets you in trouble. You did not make the song so why should you get credit (money) for it?

[Luziyca]

Nah. Let's fine him fifteen trillion dollars, he can fix America's debt!

[Former Wellboneland]

Decreases respect for the music industry, lessening the guilt felt by some for downloading pirated music.

It's not like they respected it in the first place, now is it?

It should not be respected in the first place. They don't look for talent anyway.

[Christian Democrats]

This equates to $22,500 for every song

That seems reasonable. People need to be discouraged from participating in copyright infringement.

[The Grand World Order]

I do. Mostly out of respect for the people at the bottom of the corporate ladder.

This makes me almost not give a shit.

That sounds like a feature of personality more than an actual "injustice" making you feel this way.

I don't much like the capitalist class either, but this pirating shit is ridiculous and is crippling an industry. Drastic measures must be taken.

[Uraeli]

I bet someone's parents are pissed.

[Khadgar]

I do. Mostly out of respect for the people at the bottom of the corporate ladder.

This makes me almost not give a shit.

That sounds like a feature of personality more than an actual "injustice" making you feel this way.

I don't much like the capitalist class either, but this pirating shit is ridiculous and is crippling an industry. Drastic measures must be taken.

Oh dear lord source that.