RIAA Goes for the Max Against AllofMP3

Spad writes "Zeropaid is reporting that as part of its ongoing lawsuit, the RIAA will be seeking the maximum of $150,000 per song for each of the 11 million MP3s downloaded from the Russian AllofMP3.com between June and October last year. This amounts to roughly $1.65 trillion, probably a tad more than AllofMP3 has made in its lifetime. A representative of AllofMP3 stated: 'AllofMP3 understands that several U.S. record label companies filed a lawsuit against Media Services in New York. This suit is unjustified as AllofMP3 does not operate in New York. Certainly the labels are free to file any suit they wish, despite knowing full well that AllofMP3 operates legally in Russia. In the mean time, AllofMP3 plans to continue to operate legally and comply with all Russian laws.'"

Comments

Re:quadrouple dipped

[Anonymous Coward]

Did you also steal another house/car/clothes to replace what was lost in katrina? After all, why should you repurchase those again either!

Re:are you kidding?

[Fyre2012]

Regardless of the moral equivalences, the argument brought to the courts is a legal one.
It's easy to get caught up in the emotion of the issue while ignoring the legal rights of each side of the table.

I'm not saying what he did was morally right, but it's a darn close to acceptable in my book

Unless your book happens to govern the land in which you reside, yours (and for that matter, everyone else's) personal views are irrelevant.
Try to stick to the facts instead of pulling emotion into the issue, as it clouds the crux of the matter.

Re:Hmm?

[msobkow]

Why not spin the independance of nations, accept that Russia is an seperate country not subject to US law, and block the traffic? The US already blocks traffic from "hate" and "counter-insurgency" sites like Al Jazeera news feeds, the same as people complain about China doing.

I'd rather see Americans complaining about censorship than the world tolerating Jackboot enforcement of US law on foreign soil.