Comments on: RIAA Pays $107,951 to Alleged Filesharer

By: anon

anon — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:06:19 +0000

plague the net with this glorious news of their defeat.

if their media dogs won’t speak of this loss then it is up to the victimized consumers to wave the flag.

By: netuser

netuser — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:24:52 +0000

I see tables turning hmmm…..

By: TD123

TD123 — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:19:21 +0000

what else is there to say about this?

The comments, and the article itself, say enough.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:01:50 +0000

@39
I have a real problem of the use of the word “immature” in the manner that you have used. For one thing, the word “immature” is very imprecise, and I have never understood what the word “immature” meant, and I do not expect those you are speaking towards to understand it either. Moreover, you implicitly state that immaturity is somehow a bad thing, and you do not know that, nor do I, especially since this kind of assertion cannot be determined without knowing what exactly immaturity is.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:32:59 +0000

@37
“Leech” is inaccurate. The purpose of those creative works is to spread them out to as many people as possible. The purpose of creating art is for it to be seen by as many as possible. For someone else to see it or hear it is essentially what is good for the artist. Moreover, they are not “leeching” – art is inspiration for art, and if people see it freely, they would be inspired to create it themselves. You may think that money is the only benefit art can create, but this is far from the truth. In actuality, art has a beneficial effect on society, and the more people see it, the more people will be inspired by it and participate in creating art themselves, or inspired in some other way.

By: Sigh

Sigh — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:47:07 +0000

I’m so ashamed to be a filesharer after reading these comments. It’s like 90% of you are 12 years old.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:32:00 +0000

Bwahahahaha, kickass.

By: Gerd Of South

Gerd Of South — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:18:57 +0000

Much as I appreciate the claim of creative people to get paid for their efforts by those who benefit from them, I despise with a passion those who leech on the creative talents as well as the consumers by abusing the legal systems of this world by artificially inflated claims.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:58:29 +0000

When you say things like: ‘Nationwide’ and ‘the country’, shouldn’t you specify which country you are talking about?? There are much more international readers than you might expect… (stupid americans;)

By: RIAA Anal probe

RIAA Anal probe — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:03:07 +0000

Up your ass, RIAA

By: J

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:39:19 +0000

Imagine all the money that could be invested in music at a grassroots if the Riaa stopped wasting money on suing companies. While I’m able to make livelihood as a musician myself, I have seen countless friends give up because of the costs of going on tour at an early stage in your career

By: vinod rai

vinod rai — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:13:26 +0000

RIAA ought to be sued for mental trauma too. imagine the stigma of being prosecuted, until he was proved innocent, he carried the stigma of a pirate. sue their asses. just the legal fees wont help. that will make the RIAA honchos tone down their rhetoric.

By: Childish Adult

Childish Adult — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:19:50 +0000

HAHAHAHA!

I love your American English, “owned”! So full of meaning. So now I am gonna use it:

OWNED! owned! OwNeD! oWnEd!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:40:02 +0000

@28
No, it would be better if their homes were destroyed. Somebody needs to go there and smash their homes to pieces.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:38:39 +0000

In this dismal state of affairs, the best method of effecting change is not through the corrupt legal system, but rather through extralegal methods. The law itself is corrupt, and why should we follow anything corrupt? The logical solution is civil disobedience. Without radical civil disobedience, we will forever be meek and ineffectual, because it is a signal of our submission to a corrupt law. Legal methods, like the ones that I observe the EFF to be doing, can never change anything in a climate where the law itself is corrupt, and where the public will not care about petty unfortunate file-sharers. As long as we continue to fight solely through legal methods, we will forever be ignorable, because legal methods are far too weak.

One of the greatest problems is that we file-sharers are generally ignored or not noticed. The public will pay attention only if we are not too weak, and that shall come only with radical civil disobedience. Thus, it is important to adopt the tactics of radical suffragettes. They include chaining ourselves to railings and the destruction of the property of the RIAA, or the MPAA, and the disruption of political party meetings.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:36:03 +0000

The RIAA should stop being so stupid and stop suing the wrong people. A lot fo the so-called “File-sharers” don’t have a clue about how to file0share in the first place.

By: baka pinkuu

baka pinkuu — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:35:17 +0000

This is a good step in the right direction. A better step would be to see them get their asses handed to them under RICO (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racketeer_Influenced_and_Corrupt_Organizations_Act) for their protection-money-esque scheme of “Pay us a load of money or we sue you for damages grossly exceeding reality.”

Remember what happened to MediaDefender? If the RIAA’s emails ever became public (via hacker or subpoena), I strongly suspect there would be ample evidence to nail them on extortion, racketeering, and obstruction of justice. Possibly also bribery and fraud, but those would be moot since it only takes two of the above to nail them for triple damages in court.

Bring it in front of a judge who’s already dinged them for their “creative” use of legal chicanery, and they’re hosed.

By: Meocross

Meocross — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:27:33 +0000

OOOOOWWWWWWWNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDD
*Slams fist into the table with furious rage*

By: Er...

Er... — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:04:17 +0000

That should be “unlike most other aspects of civil law.” In the US, you generally don’t get attorney’s fees.

By: lawlface

lawlface — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:44:15 +0000

Let me guess the money comes out of the artists pay when the RIAA losses and when they win they don’t let the artists see a penny of the money that they exploit from people(well claiming to protect the artists).