(few awards exceeding a single-digit ratio between punitive and compensatory damages, to a significant degree, will satisfy due process.)

Would mean…

$240 in compensation/damages from Jamie?
$300 in compensation/damages from Joel?

or does single-digit ratio mean something else?

Let’s say someone shoplifted a small can of paint which is approx the same price as an album to buy.
Would they be fined $22,500 for it?
Of course not.

True. I heard a guy saying that it’s ok if they wanna charge millions. He wouldn’t be able to pay and he’d use public lawyers while the industry would spend a whole lot in the process so it’d be actually funny if he got prosecuted…

In any case, the outrageous amounts they ask are just creating more and more hatred towards them. And I’m not even talking about ppl here in TF lmao.

This film has been released under the GNU Licence and therefore you are not contravening any copyright regulation. THOUGH IT MIGHT YOU THINK.

Apologies for the shouting but it’s well worth it.

Pleas don’t annoy me snymore , it has been said over and over again that ‘Pirating’ (and how I hate this word) is copying and not stealing.

Will you parasites out there finally get the message – we are only copying we are not stealing and therefore your unsuspecting customers will still go out there and buy you singles/and albums and fill your pockets. (God safe us)

First there was the divide between the have and the have not’s..

Now it coming to to the haves want more from the have nots and as the saying goes ‘let Them eat cake’

this kid plead guilty, even though the EFF was going to help him

in america, students have fair use so we can’t get sued by companies for trying to survive college and eventually become capitalists that will get sued for insane amounts of money

but this kid doesn’t know how to play the game, he deserves the death penalty for being a moron

RIAA offering settlement amounts to “confess or we’ll torture you” without the literal blood splatters.

@30

The building isn’t the problem.. It’s the wankers _in_ it. Multiple executions might work, but would probably also make them martyrs, at least in the eyes of their bought-and-paid-for gov’t.

Discrediting them will go much farther… I do hope the recent unpaid royalties in Canada crucifies them, and spreads to other countries. I doubt Canada is the only place they’ve been doing that.

It’s a pity that capitalism values a few illegal downloads over not-ruining this poor guy’s life.

I AM GOING TO BE RICH!!!!!!

On Topic: Good Luck to these gentlemen, their Our courts are so corporate friendly that they’re chances are as slim as the proverbial snowball, as previous judgements have shown. Still, for all our sakes, I hope they can pull this challenge off.

Corporations are not citizens and are not entitled to any rights. They [i]should[/i] only have those privileges granted by the Gov’t and the citizenry in exchange for taxes. Sadly, current US legal precedent does not reflect this simple truth. Copyright, and other ‘corprate rights’ are held to the same standard as an inalienable human rights, rather than purchased legal privileges, subject to public interest.

If I’m ever in a case like this, I’m going to remind them of that.

Music Piracy Suit Against N.Y. Family Is Settled for $7,000
April 27, 2009

If approved by a judge, the settlement would end a four-year fight between record companies and the family of Patricia Santangelo, 46, a mother of five, who lives in Wappingers Falls, N.Y.

Under the terms of the settlement, filed in court in White Plains late Friday, the Santangelos will pay $7,000.

They paid half the amount April 20 and are to make six payments of $583.33 by October.

The courts will not ask you to sell your property to pay a debt!
Nice try but no dice! Stupid trolls!

Notes on trolls: “Trolls are utterly impervious to criticism (constructive or otherwise). You cannot negotiate with them; you cannot cause them to feel shame or compassion; you cannot reason with them.”

“The point of arguing with a troll is not to convince the troll they are wrong but to convince the audience that the troll is wrong and have no real understanding of the subject.”

P.S. This suit was for more than 1,000 songs, a whole sh!tload more than what Jammie and Joel were charged with! So how are the damages that they have been asked to pay fair when compared to this case? Its because like our troll said…

Their whole purpose in suing consumers and media “pirates” is to make an example. Financially cripple the individual to the point of extremity.

Trying to scare people with their bully-boy ways, epic fail! Maybe Joel and Jammie can use this in their appeals.

I fear there will be a time soon where there will be a trigger point, where people will have enough of being stomped on by the rich and shit will really hit the fan.

@32 I agree! Al-Queda should go straight after the record industry since they are so important(!). For an industry that only contributes approx. 4% GDP to the US it amazes me how much power they have over the government.

Then there would be some progress for once.

And 21, stop being an idiot. If I wanted to monger fear I’d do it on other places then TorrentFreak.

ppl hit other ppl with a vehicle causing vehicle man slaughter and get 3 years of prison.

please answer this.

How much Prison time would occur??

They cannot lock you up forever.

I don’t think a court would ask you to do these things!

If the girl had no cash and no other valuable assets, I could see it happening.

No such thing as originality in music, each and everyone of those artists stole their tune from someone else. In my opinion the whole entertainment industry are thieves!

And the biggest criminal lives in wall street.

My friends girlfriend just got sued, and the court told her to sell her car, PC, and most of her belongings to show the labels that she was cooperating with them. Disgusting.

I don’t think a court would ask you to do these things! Whats disgusting is the lame attempt at scaring people. Obvious troll obviously. Try again!

I’ve wondered about that before. What would the court be able to do if you sold all your stuff to a friend or a family member for $1 with all the proper paperwork? I guess take money directly out of your paycheck but take out too much or you would just quit and…well, I don’t know what you would do then but they wouldn’t get their money.