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Title: $80,000 per illegal download
Post by: anigen on April 9, 2010 03:15 PM
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Title: $80,000 per illegal download
Post by: W.A.C. on April 9, 2010 03:35 PM
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.
Title: $80,000 per illegal download
Post by: rtil on April 9, 2010 04:34 PM
it was a scare tactic. the MPAA has tried this many times. clearly it has had an enormous impact on file sharing















































































wait
Title: $80,000 per illegal download
Post by: Dailyman on April 9, 2010 04:37 PM
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.
Title: $80,000 per illegal download
Post by: rtil on April 9, 2010 04:39 PM
she'll never be able to pay that anyway
Title: $80,000 per illegal download
Post by: tmk on April 9, 2010 05:12 PM
hope her kids weren't hoping to go to college
Title: $80,000 per illegal download
Post by: rtil on April 9, 2010 05:13 PM
they can still go the government will pay for all of it
Title: $80,000 per illegal download
Post by: Kött on April 9, 2010 05:17 PM
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Title: $80,000 per illegal download
Post by: spite on April 9, 2010 05:50 PM
Quote from: rtilthey can still go the government will pay for all of it
Can you explain how this works?
Title: $80,000 per illegal download
Post by: MarcK on April 9, 2010 06:24 PM
Quote from: 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.
its not safe to assume that the lady intended to be caught.
Title: $80,000 per illegal download
Post by: rtil on April 9, 2010 06:25 PM
Quote from: spite
Quote from: rtilthey can still go the government will pay for all of it
Can you explain how this works?
student loans/credit cards, everyone does it
Title: $80,000 per illegal download
Post by: MarcK on April 9, 2010 06:30 PM
Quote from: rtil
Quote from: spite
Quote from: rtilthey 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?
Title: $80,000 per illegal download
Post by: spite on April 9, 2010 06:30 PM
oh I thought you meant the government would pay for the fine
Title: $80,000 per illegal download
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Title: $80,000 per illegal download
Post by: Dailyman on April 9, 2010 07:38 PM
i wonder what karl marx would think
Title: $80,000 per illegal download
Post by: shura on April 9, 2010 08:03 PM
24 illegal downloads is nothing compared to what most people pirate. man thats just fucking awful
Title: $80,000 per illegal download
Post by: DrRumack on April 9, 2010 08:34 PM
what a load of shit
Title: $80,000 per illegal download
Post by: billy on April 9, 2010 09:05 PM
worst fucking attorneys
Title: $80,000 per illegal download
Post by: anigen on April 9, 2010 09:35 PM
i don't know how they can assume one illegal downloader has $1,920,000 but yeah pretty flippin dumb
Title: $80,000 per illegal download
Post by: trent bortknob on April 9, 2010 09:39 PM
Quote from: shura24 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

Quote from: MarcK
Quote from: rtil
Quote from: spite
Quote from: rtilthey 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
Title: $80,000 per illegal download
Post by: MarcK on April 9, 2010 09:49 PM
Quote from: anigeni don't know how they can assume one illegal downloader has $1,920,000 but yeah pretty flippin dumb
I don't think they do assume that.
Title: $80,000 per illegal download
Post by: Kött on April 9, 2010 09:51 PM
Quote from: shura24 illegal downloads is nothing compared to what most people pirate. man thats just fucking awful

QuoteThe recording companies accused Thomas-Rasset of offering 1,700 songs on Kazaa as of February 2005, before the company became a legal music subscription service following a settlement with entertainment companies. For simplicity's sake the music industry tried to prove only 24 infringements.

Disregarding this virtuous gesture, yet, charging 80,000$ for one song is more than just fuckin ridiculous for it would mean that the relative songs must have been downloaded by at least 80,000 people, assuming that the loss of the recording industries would be about one dollar per song (considering the regular online prices for music). This of course can't be assumed since most popular songs which are downloaded at such an amount are spread by hundreds of people and picking put one single person to pay this fine, even if it was that high (what a really doubt) is an insolence and it's unbelievable that the judiciary of a modern country as the USA actually charges any person only to set a sign for the masses because they are too "busy" to find the other 79,999 people is just unbelievably ridiculous.
Title: $80,000 per illegal download
Post by: MarcK on April 9, 2010 09:55 PM
The company doesn't even lose a dollar when you download a song. They lose the fraction of the dollar that goes to them from the purchase.

I'd get a good attorney if I were accused of this bullshit.
Title: $80,000 per illegal download
Post by: Dailyman on April 9, 2010 10:33 PM
I'd fuck a bitch up if I was accused of this
Title: $80,000 per illegal download
Post by: DrRumack on April 10, 2010 02:59 AM
id toss a bomb if i was accused of this
Title: $80,000 per illegal download
Post by: ZekeySpaceyLizard on April 10, 2010 07:54 AM
her fault for making herself easy to track down online.
this is why you dont put up scads of public info. i feel no pity.

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