Comments on: Record Labels Face $6 Billion Damages for Pirating Artists

By: anno

anno — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:02:40 +0000

Nineteen year old Shawn Fanning dropped out of college in to create the computer program which now allows millions of users to download music directly from each other’s computers. This technology has come to be known as peer-to-peer or P2P software and is now being used internally in a variety of businesses to share various information more efficiently.
In March, 2000 the Recording Industry of America filed suit against Napster for facilitating tributary copyright infringement; meaning it assists its users in pirating, or stealing, legally protected property.
U.S. District Judge Marilyn Patel granted an injunction to shut down Napster in July 2000 while the case was being tried. Soon after, the federal appeals judges issued a stay. In October 2000, the 9th circuit court of appeals heard testimony on the case but did not issue a decision.
Meanwhile, in September 2000 a federal judge in New York imposed the largest fine ever in a copyright case on MP3.com. Like the Napster case, this case is still under appeal.
How many students have made use of MP3 technology to download and trade music online? What are the benefits of sharing, storing and listening to music using this format? What are the drawbacks of sharing, storing and listening to music using this format?
Is using an online music site such as Napster trading music with friends or is it piracy – stealing copyrighted music?

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By: Anon

Anon — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:27:43 +0000

I think they should be fined more per track than the those like Thomas that download it. The reason being is that the record companies distributed the material on tangible media with intent to profit, not downloads off the Internet for free. They should at least need to pay back the same fine per track plus the profit made.

Unfortunately, the record companies have lobbyists/politicians on their side (at least on the US side), so I’m afraid they’ll be fined the minimum or some low amount they won’t blink twice over.

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Anonymous — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 06:28:40 +0000

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thope — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:30:00 +0000

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By: Chainsaw

Chainsaw — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:54:30 +0000

The music/entertainment/drinking industry has been pretty much the most corrupt entity in America for the last century. Some would argue that we wouldn’t even HAVE pop, let alone rock, without it.

Why would anyone expect any different of them, and why would anyone expect the courts to side against them?

Trying to figure out what is the “right thing” for the existing media corporations to do is rather like trying to figure out what position and pillow arrangement would be the most comfortable for your seven-year-old daughter to pull a train of twenty-seven escaped convicts.