Cuban Says RIAA Damages Should be $5 Per Month

Thomas Hawk writes "Mark Cuban is arguing over at Blog Maverick that with the introduction of Yahoo!'s new $5 per month music service that this needs to become the new de facto 'damages' that the RIAA ought to be able to claim when suing kids. After all, when the kids could have paid for the music via Yahoo! for $5 a month it makes it hard to say the music loss is worth more than that. 'The RIAA can no longer claim that students who are downloading music are costing them thousands of dollars each. They cant claim much of anything actually. In essence, Yahoo just turned possession of a controlled music substance into a misdemeanor. Payable by a $5 per month fine.'"

Comments

cuban eh?

[bnitsua]

I always knew slashdot was a little left-leaning, but using Fidel Castro as an article source is going a bit too far I think...

Re:First Post!

[ak3ldama]

Some peoples lives are just so unfullfilled ;-P

Irishman says GUINNESS beer should be $10/week.

[duffbeer703]

Since you can get swill like Miller Genuine Draft or Red Dog in any college town for $5 all you can drink from 9-1, Guinness should be available at a bulk discount as well.