Comments on: “Appalling” $1.5m File-Sharing Verdict Slashed To $54,000

By: Henry

Henry — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:33:00 +0000

I don’t understand how they can impose such high fines.
One silly song costs 1€ and she downloaded 24, so she “stole” 24€.
Maybe she shared 2:1, as everybody ought to, that’s a “damage” of 48.
Total “damage” 72. Give her fines twice this amoung, so she as to pay about 200-300€…and that’s much…because most of us would never buy the shit we download…lady GAGA? jesus, that’s not worth a penny.

By: Ninja

Ninja — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:31:00 +0000

Non-commercial file sharing shouldn’t be any civil or criminal case before anything. It should be free and should fit in the law as it fits socially.

But fear not Violated0, your favorite thugs will push it further: “The RIAA are said to be dissatisfied with the result and are reported to be considering their options.”

If you want ppl to agree with you, give the example MAFIAA. Don’t go with “you wouldn’t steal a car” at us when it seems you ppl would steal not only the car.

By: Ninja

Ninja — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:24:00 +0000

LOL! Millions of ppl who download those songs? Please Mr. Perfect, don’t embarrass yourself. Let’s do some math here: 1 million downloads times 3Mb an average lame mp3 would equal 3 million megabytes. If we round 1 Gb to 1000 Mb then we’d have stunning 3Tb (less than we should so I’m actually decreasing the amount). Even if we consider all 1700 songs she had available we still have an upload limit. I’m a heavy seeder. I use QoS so when no1 is using the connection my upload goes at 150 k/s. But I turn off the computer so I have like 8-10h daily for uploading. And SURPRISE SURPRISE I rarely max my upload unless I’m seeding big torrents with few seeders. Same happened with Kazaa when I was less educated in p2p and used it, my upload rarely maxed out, it depends on time of the day. And I keep track of my uploading habits and it’s like 40-60Gb a month average for a few years now. So it would take me like 4.5 years to upload those same 3Tb I mentioned. Those 24 songs were uploaded 3-5 times, nothing more than that. So, uh, you fail and you are completely clueless. Flawed like MAFIAA’s evidences and claims.

And wow, here you are stretching the applicability of the law and what other ppl say. O wait, you copyright trolls do that all the time.

As electric said, the absurd fines applied not only don’t work but also turns the public opinion against MAFIAA. My thought would be “I don’t have much anyway and I won’t be able to pay so to hell with it”.

And for God sake Mr Perfect, people don’t see a problem with sharing. As much as they don’t see a problem with paying if they like or for ease of access. Even if they can get for free. Push for harsher laws? I’ll ask you: which law has ever worked when ppl (the majority sane part of us please) don’t agree with it? There are plenty of stupid laws that are ignored out there, just takes up some Googling to find one near you.

And why I’m not surprised to see “The RIAA are said to be dissatisfied with the result and are reported to be considering their options.”? I think they need to be educated on how much one can be an asshole towards ppl and a completely greedy douche bag.

By: Kryssa

Kryssa — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:53:00 +0000

Perhaps as file sharers we should all walk the walk, band together and support this woman through whatever donations we can afford. That’s a powerful statement. All this back and forth on is it or isn’t it stealing is by now useless and non-productive. We need a new approach. We’re human, we like free, we have a hard time with temptation. You put it out there, make it easy to access and don’t torment our collective conscience, and we as vulnerable humans are going to go for it. It’s like providing consumers with all the drug paraphernalia they’ll ever need and then condemn them for using it!

Have we learned nothing from prohibition?

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By: Guest

Guest — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:25:00 +0000

I lol’d @ brainwashed idiot

By: Benjamin Bookbinder

Benjamin Bookbinder — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 16:27:00 +0000

so instead of replying to the points, you throw insults… good to see the people supporting the RIAA make themselves look more retarded as the days go on.

By: Benjamin Bookbinder

Benjamin Bookbinder — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 16:25:00 +0000

“Stop uploading and downloading illegally and the RIAA wouldn’t harass you. Its simple as that.”

Anybody who actually kept up with this issue knows it isn’t. Tell that to those falsely accused.

“RIAA is only doing what it takes to protect their own rights, nothing else.”

Bullshit.

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By: ANON

ANON — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 07:50:00 +0000

Stop uploading and downloading illegally and the RIAA wouldn’t harass you. Its simple as that. Its stupid to think you can screw over the music industry sitting at home and they wouldn’t do anything to mess up your life.

Who cares if a couple of people commit suicide because of that? It their own misdoing that brought it upon them. RIAA is only doing what it takes to protect their own rights, nothing else.