Comments on: Suspended Sentence for 4,200 Song, 270 Movie File-Sharer

By: Whatever

Whatever — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:09:08 +0000

I seem to have overestimated the value of the tracks and movies with my 30 eurocents estimate earlier. :-)

(about 3,5 times it seems…)

By: My guess

My guess — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:33:43 +0000

First off, at 18 year old, she’s still a girl. Don’t know how many girls you know, but “woman” is de-fi-nite-ly stretching it.

Second, if this is an 18 year old girl, just how likely do you think it is she actually had a clue what she was doing with her shares?

They’re enabled by default by any installation..imho it’s easy to shout malicious intent, but reality may just be a tad bit different.

IMHO it’s pathetic to go and ruin a person’s life for something that comes nowhere close to other stuff drunken teens high on testosterone / drugs / high spirits and whatnot may end up doing.

People going on joy rides, crashing cars and breaking windows get into less trouble than people installing a digital program they have no clue about..

That’s what the copyright lobby has made out of society.

By: george

george — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:33:02 +0000

Isn’t spain supposedly on the verge of bankruptcy, by the way?

Great way for them to spend their resources and drive them into bankruptcy even quicker.

By: Atlantis

Atlantis — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:40:35 +0000

@71
I dare say your costs of living are lower. In CH with 2200 per month, if you are in charge of yourself only then you’ll be fine, if you have others to look after, you’ll end up with welfare.

By: h

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:01:36 +0000

k guise

This does NOT mean that I support Large record labels or RIAA, etc. Record labels pirate more music than most individuals anyway.

As a musician I believe that sharing music is good for the smaller musicians, and it is a good way to promote yourself.

What I’m trying to say is that I believe that copyright is very important, and should not be abolished. I am fine with sharing, but not sharing other peoples intellectual proporty for personal gain, and i certainly am against corporate piracy.

As for the article, that is awful for her, and she doesn’t deserve that at all. Ive shared a lot more than that as well.. Why do they seem to target the people who cant afford to buy music anyway? :S

By: retry

retry — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:43:35 +0000

You earn $20 USD an hour to wash dishes? Incidentally, there is no minimum wage in .ch according to

http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2008/eur/119108.htm
See section e. Acceptable Conditions of Work

The minimum for unskilled labor is at 2200 CHF/mo. Assuming a 40hr work week, seems around 12-13 CHF /hr. Still beats the USA by a lot though.

By: Schwiizer

Schwiizer — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:30:00 +0000

@ #51 Ninja

Here in Switzerland, the minimum wage is ~20 CHF/hour

I’m 19, working temporoarily in a canteen taking dirty dishes from trays. I work 4.5 hours/day @ 21chf/hour. If I have 20 work days per month, (20 x 4.5 = 90 hours) I earn 90 x 21chf = 1890 chf pre tax. But I think you only have to pay tax above 20k per year or something.

So a fine of 400chf is EASILY affordable here even if you work some shitty job like washing dishes.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 15:42:23 +0000

if she does the thirty days in Jail does that mean the fine is wiped?

By: Waffa

Waffa — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:47:29 +0000

I am no professional but this seems more to be scare tactic fake story then real issue/story.

By: zeebart

zeebart — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 22:00:18 +0000

@37: geeker @ filesoup really needs that info…