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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.'"
yea, you can play the CD on your boom-box in a public square, and hundreds of people can listen too it legally. Whats the diff from uploading crappy quality MP3's, or streaming it out and letting all your friends tune-into it?
No I didnt spell check this post...
Hence the rule: "download music and porn, upload only porn".
Fascism trolls keeping me up every night. When I starts a preachin', he HITS ME WITH HIS REICH!