October 5th, 2007
Damn The RIAA Is Ruthless
The recording industry Thursday won the largest judgment so far against consumers who illegally download music over the Internet when a federal jury ordered a 30-year-old Minnesota woman to pay $222,000 for copyright infringement.
After the verdict, Thomas’ attorney, Brian Toder, told The Associated Press: “She was in tears. She’s devastated. This is a girl that lives from paycheck to paycheck, and now all of a sudden she could get a quarter of her paycheck garnished for the rest of her life.”
Damn how is a mother of two making 35k a year going to pay off $220,000? I guess they want to show the world they are not playing games, blogs are next.
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October 5th, 2007 at 4:14 pm
dammm she need to flea to mexico
October 5th, 2007 at 4:18 pm
niggas is fuccin reccless. id kill the head nigga in riaa. shit tha bitch needa head to fuccin cuba lmao she better there.
October 5th, 2007 at 4:19 pm
Damn…thats scary cuz my ass be downloading too
October 5th, 2007 at 4:26 pm
How the fuck did she get caught?
Cause i be downloading 4 real.
October 5th, 2007 at 4:47 pm
i download too…..hope they don’t come after me lol,222,000
is a lotta cash,im juss wonderin wat program was she using to let her get caught???
October 5th, 2007 at 4:50 pm
^^^^^ she was using kazza.. thank god i stoped using kazza years ago
October 5th, 2007 at 5:32 pm
u can’t keep using the same downloadin program for mad long like kazza,and u can’t share ur shit through those programs also
October 5th, 2007 at 7:23 pm
lmaooo,ahahaha
October 5th, 2007 at 7:38 pm
Is limewire ok to use
October 5th, 2007 at 7:41 pm
1st of all thats sum ol bullshittttt. how the fuck they catch her. was they using the wire or sum shit. and what site did she use, what site do ya’ll use, and what site should i use. i download every fuckin thing. niggas makin bullshit music either give it out for free or i’m downloading u just so i could tell people how wack your album is. if u hot i’ma cop your joint download or not.
these niggas betta come wit guns if they want me, fuck outta here.
and how the fuck do they prove it was u, what they bang on your door at 6am and take your laptop, if i see these niggas i’m burning my shit up, sum ol bullshittt
October 5th, 2007 at 11:00 pm
thats fucked up. did she have to pay all that just for downloading? every nigga i know be downloading like crazy. how tha fuck do just a random person get caught?
October 6th, 2007 at 1:34 am
lol that shit is crazy i wish them mufuckas would try ta get me i wouldnt be payin shit millions of mufuckas downlad they betta find mo mufuckas guilty then me for me to be givin up my guda…
October 6th, 2007 at 2:26 am
who the fuck even uses kazaa anymore
but that shit is wrong. they should appeal. she probly doesnt even have 200 grand worth of music. make her pay as much as it would cost to get get all those cds. this is vindictive. punishment does not fit the crime.
id rather do a couple weeks in jail than pay that fine.
October 6th, 2007 at 8:08 am
FUK the goverment that’s jus another way for them to get more money from a hard working person…it’s SAD
October 6th, 2007 at 11:15 am
Maybe this is not even true. They prob just released some bulls hit to scare people into stop downloading. i bet a few thousand stopped right after they herd this report.
October 6th, 2007 at 4:22 pm
#14…”a hard working person”???? what about the musician…it’s there JOB to make music! Everybody on this site DOWNLOAD but atleast half of the people here do buy music and SUPPORT THE ARTIST. I think it’s a good example cause people take music like its suppose to be FREE, like studio time,recording equiptment,etc. don’t cost! Like the people who pays the light bills, heating/AC bills, property taxes just do it all for FREE…GOOD EXAMPLE by the RIAA
October 6th, 2007 at 8:56 pm
^^^Yeah good way to make an example out of someone. But damn $200,000.
October 23rd, 2009 at 11:58 pm
Damn thats extreme, I wonder how much music they caught her wit? Thats our societies problem always tryin to sue and get overcompensated. Saddely too many look at the opportunity to sue like its a d*mn lottery ticket.
This shyt right here has gotta be unconstitutional tho… * Eighth Amendment ~ Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. (If $200,000 isn’t an excessive fine for a few cd’s i dont know what the hell is!)
The music industry itself is kinda at fault… Im not saying downloads dont hurt sales
but muisc needs to get back to its creative roots. To many A&R’s have like a dumb cookie cutter formula they keep tryin to fit new artist into. I dont wanna hear 10 artist doing the same thing. Thats why Jay-Z – D.O.A was so controversial. But he was on point. If everybody using Auto-Tune, it all starts to sound the same. How many times do they expect us to go out and buy stuff that sounds the same.
(Not just picking on auto-tune)
Labels need to be realistic. If u take a gamble on a gimmicky artist realize that it is just that; a gamble… There is a possibility that they may flop…
Quality artist make quality music… Downloaded or Purchased if the songs are hot people will pay to see you perform, which historically is where artist make most of there money anyway.
RIAA = An evil Robin Hood (Stealing from the poor to give to the rich)