$80,000 per illegal download

[anigen]

step 1: refer to picture
step 2: be amazed
step 3: discuss

[W.A.C.]

The reason why they're charging that lady so much is to make her never want to pirate music and to scare other pirates. However, I guess France feels that since the crash was not intentional, the business shouldn't have to pay so much. This is all assumption and yeah, it's bullshit but many governments are way too harsh towards pirates.

[rtil]

it was a scare tactic. the MPAA has tried this many times. clearly it has had an enormous impact on file sharing















































































wait

[Dailyman]

it's just unfortunate for the girl. They pick a random pirate and punish that pirate with a ridiculous fine to SHOW as an example to the other pirates or something. It's all bullshit anyway.

[rtil]

she'll never be able to pay that anyway

[tmk]

hope her kids weren't hoping to go to college

[rtil]

they can still go the government will pay for all of it

[Kött]

[spite]

they can still go the government will pay for all of it

Can you explain how this works?

[MarcK]

The reason why they're charging that lady so much is to make her never want to pirate music and to scare other pirates. However, I guess France feels that since the crash was not intentional, the business shouldn't have to pay so much. This is all assumption and yeah, it's bullshit but many governments are way too harsh towards pirates.

its not safe to assume that the lady intended to be caught.

[rtil]

they can still go the government will pay for all of it

Can you explain how this works?

student loans/credit cards, everyone does it

[MarcK]

they can still go the government will pay for all of it

Can you explain how this works?

student loans/credit cards, everyone does it

Wouldn't the IRS be all over her if they notice she's making credit card purchases for schools when she owes the government almost 2 million dollars?

[spite]

oh I thought you meant the government would pay for the fine

[retrosmash]

...but the RIAA total surveillance can stop this totalitarian horror!

[Dailyman]

i wonder what karl marx would think

[shura]

24 illegal downloads is nothing compared to what most people pirate. man thats just fucking awful

[DrRumack]

what a load of shit

[billy]

worst fucking attorneys

[anigen]

i don't know how they can assume one illegal downloader has $1,920,000 but yeah pretty flippin dumb

[trent bortknob]

24 illegal downloads is nothing compared to what most people pirate. man thats just fucking awful

that\\\'s probably why they picked her to fine

i actually wouldnt be surprised if this was all staged as a scare tactic and the chick didnt even download anything, she just worked for the government

after reading about the pentagon papers and the vietnam war i\\\'m pretty sure that they WOULD do something that extreme

they can still go the government will pay for all of it

Can you explain how this works?

student loans/credit cards, everyone does it

Wouldn\\\'t the IRS be all over her if they notice she\\\'s making credit card purchases for schools when she owes the government almost 2 million dollars?

uh didnt it say she had to pay $80,000 for every single file out of 24

wouldnt that be more along the lines of like $1,920,000

woops wrong calcuations fuck u

that\\\'s the right number but i\\\'m stupid and read it wrong