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more about #justice Gary_7vn: Where does it say that someone should get rich as Croesus just because they can sing and play the guitar? "Artists" and pro athletes, need to get a gr... more » GlenTen: Just imagine what the average internet user probably owes to porn companies. more » etatauri: It cost nothing to copy a song unlike stealing an album. Of course when you buy an album you are paying for the songs since the cost of making a CD pr... more » FrankenPC: I've got a better idea. Sue the person for the exact cost of one album. So, this guy may walk away paying a few hundred bucks. Then announce to all... more » MePerson: I always suspected that they weren't really trying to collect money to help artists and labels, but really? "Any funds recouped are re-invested into o... more » redkamel: My dream: The computers of RIAA heads and their children/wives scoured for illegal songs and movies by internet hackers. Not because its right, but ... more » lunarstudio: "What" money? You think this kid has 675k lying around? It's like squeezing water from a stone. It'll just force him into bankruptcy. more » infmom: We can all thank our lucky stars that the public library was invented before the RIAA came along. Just think... all the copyrighted material you wan... more » OCEntertainment: I think that last part is the worst part of it all. One of the RIAA lawyers said after the trial "We appreciate that Mr. Tenenbaum finally acknowledge... more » Bokusatsu_Tenshi: RIAA and MPAA is the epitome of bad practices from money hog corporations. When I hear those acronyms I always think about those door to door tax col... more » liamster: The model is broken. The music industry assumes that they are entitled to millions and millions in income. I call bullshit. How about we pay doctors, ... more » switchblade saints: well if anyone was dumb enough to continue to use Kazaa after like 2001 then its thinning the heard. I overheard a coworker talking about using limew... more » (Starman) Zuul~!: "The RIAA specified to TorrentFreak that the money won will go to more lawsuits, not to the artists the RIAA supposedly represents." And then watch a... more » GutterIsATool: Why Metallica? The RIAA was representing "artists such as No Doubt, Linkin Park, Gloria Estefan and Sheryl Crow" according to CNN. Either way this is ... more » sinsect: This was going to be a reply to MJDeviant, but turned into a post of it's own. Key words "PAY A GUY". It costs money to make music. Instruments cost ... more » london-rhino: Jesus Christ,a sense of realism required please. What is owes them is the cost of each MP3. I doubt each song made anywhere near $80,000. The Judge sh... more » MJDeviant: Wow, maybe we should stop trying to legalize marijuana and try to legalize illegal downloads..... I guarantee more people do more of the latter. That ... more » itchytooth: Hey kid! I'm a computah! more » Shikestarr: Quit your whining, children. Buy your music, don't share it on pirate networks. Problem averted. There is no other legal and rational solution, no ... more » ab3: The RIAA honestly expects her to cough up $1.92 million?? I could understand her getting a fine but most people don't even make that in a lifetime. more » -
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Student Forced to Pay $675,000 to RIAA for Sharing 30 Songs
Joel Tenenbaum admitted to sharing 30 songs with Kazaa back in 2004 (Kazaa! So quaint!) and was originally fined $150,000 per song. He worked that down to "only" $22,500 per song, but that's still $675,000 in total. More » -
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Court Orders File-Sharer to Pay $80,000 Per Song to RIAA
A delusional Minnesota court has ordered Jammie Thomas,wanton criminalKazaa user, to pay a total of $1.92 million for sharing 24 songs. As my own little protest, I'm going to illegally download Metallica's entire discography. And I hate Metallica. More » -
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Internet Detectives Recover Stolen iPhone in World Record Time
Our brothers-from-another-mother at Consumerist helped catch the scoundrel who stole an innocent man's iPhone by using the power of potential internet embarrassment. Even more impressive, the entire episode took under an hour. More » -
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Guy Fights Off Pranksters With Night Vision Goggles and Supersoaker Filled With Piss
Some guy got tired of kids wrapping his house in toilet paper every night. So he borrowed some mil spec night vision goggles, filled a super soaker with pee and drenched them when they showed. -
