Obama Sides With RIAA, Supports $150,000 Fine per Music Track

2009-03-24 13:06:07

#1

Jenspm: penis; +1,716|7161|St. Andrews / Oslo

The Obama administration for the first time is weighing in on a Recording Industry Association of America file sharing lawsuit and is supporting hefty awards of as much as $150,000 per purloined music track.

Sauce

Holy fuck. $150k for one music track?

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2009-03-24 13:10:29

#2

Sydney: 2λчиэλ; +783|7272|Reykjavík, Iceland.

So if they caught everyone in the world that had ever downloaded illegally they would own every single piece of moneys in the world?

I'd have to pay $1,500,000,000

Last edited by Sydney (2009-03-24 13:12:33)

2009-03-24 13:12:03

#3

Jenspm: penis; +1,716|7161|St. Andrews / Oslo

Sydney wrote:
So if they caught everyone in the world that had ever downloaded illegally they would own every single piece of moneys in the world?

yupp

2009-03-24 13:14:37

#4

Sydney: 2λчиэλ; +783|7272|Reykjavík, Iceland.

So you are better off robbing a record store and getting caught then downloading illegally and getting caught?

2009-03-24 13:14:51

#5

phishman420: Banned; +821|6110

Sydney wrote:
So if they caught everyone in the world that had ever downloaded illegally they would own every single piece of moneys in the world?

probably wouldnt be enough money in the world to cover it

almost 7,000,000,000 people on the earth

say they all have 20 illegal tracks at 150k each

140 000 000 000 x 150 000 = 2.1 × 10¹⁶

lolwut

2009-03-24 13:16:35

#6

menzo: ̏̏̏̏̏̏̏̏&#; +616|6875|Amsterdam‫

Sydney wrote:
So if they caught everyone in the world that had ever downloaded illegally they would own every single piece of moneys in the world?

I'd have to pay $1,500,000,000

i have done that on average everybody has 100 illegal songs

the total sum will be
$90000000000000000 ninety quadrillion

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2009-03-24 13:17:44

#7

Runs_with_sciss0rs: Well butter my buscuit; +121|6621|14072

I'm set, I buy all my music from Barnes and Nobles. A few friends that I have on the other hand.... One has over 13,000 songs! wtf do you do with that many?

2009-03-24 13:20:23

#8

Jenspm: penis; +1,716|7161|St. Andrews / Oslo

oh shi-

I owe like, $800k.

D:

2009-03-24 13:23:58

#9

phishman420: Banned; +821|6110

i wonder how intense the investigations actually are. i know if i was to be charged by them, i would be out of the country faster than your mom eats a big mac

2009-03-24 13:51:02

#10

Jenspm: penis; +1,716|7161|St. Andrews / Oslo

phishman420 wrote:
i wonder how intense the investigations actually are. i know if i was to be charged by them, i would be out of the country faster than your mom eats a big mac

"The RIAA has sued more than 30,000 individuals for file sharing the last five years."

2009-03-24 13:53:47

#11

Snake: Missing, Presumed Dead; +1,046|6995|England

Sydney wrote:
So if they caught everyone in the world that had ever downloaded illegally they would own every single piece of moneys in the world?

I'd have to pay $1,500,000,000

Someones gota pay for all their debt.

But that is a LOT of money for a single track. Fucking greedy cunts. Now Im glad I pay for mine

2009-03-24 14:06:26

#12

Macbeth: Banned; +2,444|6015

Pff that is going to suck for whoevers wireless I'm using all the time.

2009-03-24 14:10:14

#13

ATG: Banned; +5,233|6958|Global Command

Theft is theft.

They asked nicely but you didn't listen.
Fork it over.

Intellectual property is srs.

2009-03-24 14:12:10

#14

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6929|so randum

What if you changed one note in the song somewhere, it wouldn't be the same song would it?

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Always raining and foggy
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2009-03-24 14:15:08

#15

Flecco: iPod is broken.; +1,048|7094|NT, like Mick Dundee

FatherTed wrote:
What if you changed one note in the song somewhere, it wouldn't be the same song would it?

Just add yourself going waaaaaaaaa for two seconds onto the end of every file.

Make a program that does this automatically. Release to the world for free.

Whoa... Can't believe these forums are still kicking.

2009-03-24 14:16:38

#16

Macbeth: Banned; +2,444|6015

Flecco wrote:
FatherTed wrote:
What if you changed one note in the song somewhere, it wouldn't be the same song would it?
Just add yourself going waaaaaaaaa for two seconds onto the end of every file.

Make a program that does this automatically. Release to the world for free.

They would consider it sampling.

2009-03-24 14:17:49

#17

Mekstizzle: WALKER; +3,611|7050|London, England

These things would mainly target the sharers, not the downloaders. There's not much they can do to prove you illegally downloaded a song from the internet. But they can clamp down on people who are illegally sharing it to others.

I think

should've voted sarah palin and john mccain...!!1

2009-03-24 14:19:45

#18

Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6967|Long Island, New York

Where's Parker when you need him

2009-03-24 14:21:10

#19

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6996|NYC / Hamburg

let's see, I have about 40k files in my music folder. That's $ 6 Billion. I think I've found to solution to pay for public debt.

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2009-03-24 14:22:40

#20

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6899

i used an old website that figured based on the 'real' value of music/films (based on uk retail prices, average 12-track LP assumption, etc.) that I already owe the best part of £35,000 for my media collection. substitute those numbers in the obama-multiplier and you're basically asking me to be donald trump. fuck you obama you corporate commie!

_{libertarian benefit collector - anti-academic super-intellectual}. _{http://mixlr.com/the-little-phrase/}

2009-03-24 15:04:49

#21

Axatar: Member; +29|6891|France

Don't download, record.

2009-03-24 15:08:35

#22

Flecco: iPod is broken.; +1,048|7094|NT, like Mick Dundee

Macbeth wrote:
Flecco wrote:
FatherTed wrote:
What if you changed one note in the song somewhere, it wouldn't be the same song would it?
Just add yourself going waaaaaaaaa for two seconds onto the end of every file.

Make a program that does this automatically. Release to the world for free.
They would consider it sampling.

Cocksuckers tbh. Maybe if they stopped overcharging for their product they'd get somewhere.

Solution is simple everybody. Keep a large powerful magnet in the same room as your PC in-case of a police raid.

Whoa... Can't believe these forums are still kicking.

2009-03-24 15:34:47

#23

CrazeD: Member; +368|7102|Maine

Flecco wrote:
Macbeth wrote:
Flecco wrote:

Just add yourself going waaaaaaaaa for two seconds onto the end of every file.

Make a program that does this automatically. Release to the world for free.
They would consider it sampling.
Cocksuckers tbh. Maybe if they stopped overcharging for their product they'd get somewhere.

Solution is simple everybody. Keep a large powerful magnet in the same room as your PC in-case of a police raid.

Fuck the magnet, get a smelter.

/me reinstalls PeerGaurdian.

2009-03-24 15:42:13

#24

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6996|NYC / Hamburg

Flecco wrote:
Keep a large powerful magnet in the same room as your PC in-case of a police raid.

You need to learn the miracles of full disk encryption with Truecrypt + keyfiles on a microSD card

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2009-03-24 15:51:13

#25

alexb: <3; +590|6369|Kentucky, USA

max wrote:
let's see, I have about 40k files in my music folder. That's $ 6 Billion. I think I've found to solution to pay for public debt.

<3 max, and my neighbor's 10mbit connection.

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