| | Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 212 Member | | Member Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 212 | I'm not sure if this article has b een posted yet
Lawsuits against four college students accused of trading copyrighted songs are the biggest punch yet by the recording industry against its core audience, and has experts worried that the next step will be suing the colleges themselves.
The damages sought by the suits are astronomical: $150,000 per song, the maximum allowed by law. Multiply that by the 652,000 or so songs the RIAA alleges student Joseph Nievelt offered to other Michigan Tech students on his service, and the scope of the suit is clear.
So how much would you owe? $150,000 x how many songs you have? I'de owe $432,900,000 | | | |
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| | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,041 UGN Elite Poster | | UGN Elite Poster Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,041 | You got me beat.
Moved to news. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 553 UGN Super Poster | | UGN Super Poster Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 553 | $ 476.550.000  | | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 955 UGN Super Poster | | UGN Super Poster Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 955 | I owe over 600 million. [censored] the RIAA | | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 815 nobody | | nobody Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 815 | good thing its just the RIAA and not the MPAA and software companies too. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,273 DollarDNS Owner | | DollarDNS Owner Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,273 | | | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 574 Likes: 1 UGN GFX Whore | | UGN GFX Whore Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 574 Likes: 1 | haha SR. I don't know about you guys, but I really do pay for cds if I think they are good. There are alot of songs I have on my computer or an mp3 cd that are only on cds that are shitty over all and not worth buying, or aren't good enough to own though. I don't know how much I "owe" the RIAA but I know some of the music I "stole" isn't a part of any major corporation, so yes, "[censored] the RIAA" | | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 122 Member | | Member Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 122 | About $1,500,000,000
man that would suck, lol | | | | | Joined: May 2003 Posts: 2 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: May 2003 Posts: 2 | I'de owe em' $233,850,000 - I dont got so much mp3 
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| | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 955 UGN Super Poster | | UGN Super Poster Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 955 | I was thinking after reading about iTunes. I have no problem buying music but
1] I prefer reasonably priced CDs from good labels. A CD should be 14$ TOPS. Generally the better bands and prices are on smaller labels, and BOTH need the money
2] I won't buy any music from the companies that are endorsing the RIAA, their abuse of the media, fraudalent claims, and development of malicious technology
3] iTunes is a [censored] great idea. Some great artists and good prices. Too bad the RIAA still benefits from it. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,255 Likes: 3 UGN Elite | | UGN Elite Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,255 Likes: 3 | http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-999332.html Campus file swappers to pay RIAA By John Borland Staff Writer, CNET News.com May 1, 2003, 1:47 PM PT Four university students on Thursday agreed to pay thousands of dollars each to settle online music piracy charges, ending the record industry's most aggressive thrust yet against individual file swappers. The follow up on the four students | | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 256 Likes: 1 UGN Security Staff | | UGN Security Staff Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 256 Likes: 1 | hrm... Well lets see... My Stepbrother has enough mp3's to play for 79hours 32minutes and 17 seconds lest I checked... divied that by an average 3:14 (194 seconds) track time...
[79(60*60)+32(60)+17]/194 =
[284400 + 1920 + 17] /194 = 286337 / 194 = 1476
So... He wouold owe the RIAA $221,400,000 | | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 626 Member | | Member Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 626 | Hmm I don't even want to spend the time doing the math but 2.5 gigs of mp3s (estimate) would make me a very very broke man.
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