Ridiculous Industry of @$$holes in America strikes again

[zildjian133]

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I think it's wrong a money hungry organization is ganging up on college students.. If you ask me it's pretty trivial and not worth the destruction of a persons life...

[MalReynolds]

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I think Manny Green had it right when he said "Steal a candybar, steal a movie."

The same pricinicple applies, although I do enjoy eating candy-bars much more than celluloid film.

Mal

[Tasselfoot]

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A friend of a friend got hit for sharing music a few years back.... got hit for like $500 per song, and had like 5000 songs he was sharing... or 2.5 million. They worked out like a $10,000 settlement and a few years probation, etc.

Guys, for those who haven't taken a law class (I'm guessing less than .01% of you have), there are multiple types of damages awarded, and 99.999% of the time, the lawsuit awards given out by juries are appealed and greatly reduced by appellate courts. The HUGE amounts come from Punitive Damages, not Actual Damages.

Punitive Damages can be as high as the sky... whereas Actual damages can only replace the cost lost, etc. Punitive damages are given to prevent others from doing the same crime, which can be applied in cases like this.

[suicidalmuskrat]

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i'm surprised they don't have to do jail time, actually. Because if downloading movies truly is stealing, and he stole 100 movies let's say, then he would most certainly be in jail. and the math would be more like this: 100 movies * 25 MSRP = 2500. then, 2500 * 8 (that's the standard multiplier applied to stolen goods...trust me, i know :-/ ). So that put's us at 20,000 dollars. But even that isn't right. Because at the third offense you're considered a habitual offender, and everything goes to hell. It still wouldn't add up to 3 million, but it certainly would add up to some serious jail time.

[Squeek]

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Either way, this is just another attempt to scare people into stopping file transferring.

Guys, always remember that hosting BT links is legal. Nobody can shut your site down for solely that reason no matter who they are. I know the guy wasn't doing BT, but instead the college-LAN transfer system (All FTPs and the sort), but the point remains (gg SN.org). Read up on the law and you'll know what is REALLY right and what is not.

I mean, the Supreme Court is going to rule in favor of Grokster and make it legal to share files anyway.

~Squeek

[super-smashman]

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Its called Exponential Rate. The fact is that the guy shared movies online so they will charge him the maximum possible as if everyone that could download them did. They can't say that only this person and this person downloaded it so they assume that everyone that could download it did and they charge him for that.

[Kefit]

This is a scare tactic. The RIAA can't get three million from this guy, and they know it. This will probably be settled out of court for a few thousand dollars.

[deltro300111]

<3 BT, H8 KaZaA,.... no one likes spyware.

Downloading movies and music is NEVER as good as buying them- if a band is worth buying their CD, they can have my money, but if it is for one song, or they are trying to sell their CD over the internet and they aren't an indy artist, *looks at MSI, The Hippos* Hell no, I'll just download it. And as far as movies go, if a movie is worth hunting down and downloading, I'll most likely buy it when I have the money.