09-14-2003, 04:19 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-14-2003, 04:28 AM by six_plus_one.)
From what I hear the average settlement is between $12,000-$17,000. I Believe that's for the whole ball o' wax, not per-file, still... It is my fervent belief that this is just a dark portent of things to come.
If the RIAA can get away with filing suit against INDIVIDUALS who are enjoying music for personal purposes then what's to stop them from making all sorts of decisions on how we live and what we do. We already depend so deeply on corporate industry these days, you'd think they could spare us this legal-world equivalent to the catholic school paddle. It's about control, people, and we are losing all of it fast. I shudder to think that before long we might even see "Honk Kong-Based Animation Piracy Ring Busted" grace headlines in light of this anti movie piracy BS they are shoveling at us at current.
I myself had nearly 1.5 thousand mp3's before dumping my entire folder, (shhh) and am lucky to not have been tagged, but what if? It's because of middle-american suburbanites who don't give a hoot about what happens to these innocent people trying to enjoy music in a non-obscenely-priced-and-indutry-determined-setting, who couldn't care less if 261 people (so far) have to go to the chop for listening to music, that we are slipping slowly into nationwide coma (but I begin to generalize...) Did you hear about the 12 year old that they nailed??? Inappropriate and ruthless.
MUSIC, EXPRESSION, ART; they are SACRED. The majority of this country has been so anethstitized that they don't really mind that we are now losing everything good and pure that we still have left to us... siiigh... such are the evils we've brought upon ourselves. Anyways, enough of my whining.
Bomb Saddam! Go RIAA! Yay America!!!
P.S.: If you're gonna use Kazaa or the like, you should disable file-sharing (sadly enough) as well as say no to functioning as a 'supernode' as that's what they are cheifly looking for. Keeping files to a minimum is also a plus, (I just use a separate folder which i copy files into then delete from the p2p program). That should help lots. I hope none of you ever suffer for your love of music.
If the RIAA can get away with filing suit against INDIVIDUALS who are enjoying music for personal purposes then what's to stop them from making all sorts of decisions on how we live and what we do. We already depend so deeply on corporate industry these days, you'd think they could spare us this legal-world equivalent to the catholic school paddle. It's about control, people, and we are losing all of it fast. I shudder to think that before long we might even see "Honk Kong-Based Animation Piracy Ring Busted" grace headlines in light of this anti movie piracy BS they are shoveling at us at current.
I myself had nearly 1.5 thousand mp3's before dumping my entire folder, (shhh) and am lucky to not have been tagged, but what if? It's because of middle-american suburbanites who don't give a hoot about what happens to these innocent people trying to enjoy music in a non-obscenely-priced-and-indutry-determined-setting, who couldn't care less if 261 people (so far) have to go to the chop for listening to music, that we are slipping slowly into nationwide coma (but I begin to generalize...) Did you hear about the 12 year old that they nailed??? Inappropriate and ruthless.
MUSIC, EXPRESSION, ART; they are SACRED. The majority of this country has been so anethstitized that they don't really mind that we are now losing everything good and pure that we still have left to us... siiigh... such are the evils we've brought upon ourselves. Anyways, enough of my whining.
Bomb Saddam! Go RIAA! Yay America!!!
P.S.: If you're gonna use Kazaa or the like, you should disable file-sharing (sadly enough) as well as say no to functioning as a 'supernode' as that's what they are cheifly looking for. Keeping files to a minimum is also a plus, (I just use a separate folder which i copy files into then delete from the p2p program). That should help lots. I hope none of you ever suffer for your love of music.
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