Comments on: BIG NEWS: Record Companies Win a Music Sharing Trial, The End is Near

By: Paul (themarketspeculator

Paul (themarketspeculator — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:55:29 +0000

“Go give Britney Spears another few million when she canâ€™t lip sing worth crap, pay off the rapper who says, â€œBooty callâ€ 1,000 times over in a song and makes millions. We owe these celebrities their hard earned money. Give me a break.”

So they should work for free? We only “owe” celebrities if we want what they produce.

Whether or not pop singers and rappers are your cup of tea, stealing copyrighted material is a crime and should be punished. Without copyright protection, there would be little incentive to produce new music, art, entertainment or literature.

By: Bubs

Bubs — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:55:05 +0000

The 222k is excessive but they have to make a example of someone. Like somebody mentioned a couple of thousand dollars isn’t going to affect anyone

By: My Trader's Journal

My Trader's Journal — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:15:37 +0000

I don’t drive THAT fast.
I drive just fast enough that I don’t mind paying the ticket.
As another example, taxes – I don’t like them, but I pay them because that’s the rules. It’d be easy enough to not disclose every trade I make for a profit, but I do.

By: The Investor's Journal

The Investor's Journal — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:01:20 +0000

Yea but when was the last time you received a $222,000 ticket for speeding?

By: My Trader's Journal

My Trader's Journal — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 12:44:17 +0000

I have no problem with her having to pay a penalty. She committed a crime. I speed and whenever I get a ticket I pay it. Just because I don’t like with the speed limit doesn’t mean I shouldn’t get in trouble when I’m caught.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 12:17:05 +0000

Well, she’s obviously in the wrong. Just because millions are doing it doesn’t make it right.

Serves her right though for getting caught. It’s not like the RIAA suing people for music sharing is something new. She should have used better risk management

By: The Investor's Journal

The Investor's Journal — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 05:47:30 +0000

I believe something like this happened a few years back when a teenage girl was sued a few thousand dollars by the recording industry. The local radio station raised all the money immediately so the girl didn’t pay any of her own money.

But wow, 222k sure is alot. Those guys are scum for trying to make an example of her. Maybe if music cds weren’t so expensive we would actually pay for them.

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