Judge Orders RIAA to Justify Its Piracy Charges

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Judge Orders RIAA to Justify Its Piracy Charges

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A US court is forcing the Recording Industry of America to explain why it charges people it catches pirating $750 a single rather than the 70 cents they flog them to retailers for.

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jameroquai, on 11/12/2006 8:23:06 AM
Total Posts: 300, Joined: 7/19/2006

what arse-bandits, 750 per song for 'damages', truly unbelievable.

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YouStupidMorons, on 11/12/2006 8:34:51 AM
Total Posts: 81, Joined: 10/12/2006

I bet this judge downloads music :p

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gravity, on 11/12/2006 8:34:59 AM
Total Posts: 391, Joined: 12/30/2005

The problem isn't the riaa, it is that the antipiracy laws are dated. The antipiracy laws were created before filesharing, where piracy involved selling lage amounts of bootleg recordings for profit. The riaa can't legally ask for damages under $750 per song under the current laws. They could seek $150,000 per song if they really wanted to be mean.

Congress really needs to address this, and pass reasonable copyright laws.

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bendarulz, on 11/12/2006 8:36:48 AM
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Good to see that not all of the U.S. judiciary system is in their pockets.750$ a song,I guess lars really did want that solid gold wetbar for his poolside!

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simio, on 11/12/2006 8:57:48 AM
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What if you download a song from an old tape but you still bought it years ago, you still have payed your rights to listen to that particular song...

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blinky7, on 11/12/2006 10:01:35 AM
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The RIAA just keeps getting themselves deeper and deeper in.

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Slug99, on 11/12/2006 11:22:05 AM
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$15,491,250
I have a very expensive computer...

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frsrblch, on 11/12/2006 12:31:42 PM
Total Posts: 294, Joined: 12/2/2005

Horray for having legal music downloading! Go Canada.