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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.'"
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AllofMP3 plans to continue to operate legally and comply with all Russian laws.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm under the impression that being on the correct side of the law in Russia means being friend with Putin or someone close to Putin. Or at least to business that Putin doesn't care about.
If Putin has a mp3 player, that might explain...
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
Ok, I download mp3s as much as the next guy, and I never pay a dime to the record companies, so I'm all for piracy and I freely admit I rip these guys off.
However, your line of reasoning sounds like you're trying to justify stealing. You're saying: "I had these CDs, I lost them, so I'm entitled to a new copy". But tell me, if someone steals your car, does that give you the right to take someone else's to replace it because you had already paid for the car? Or perhaps a better analogy, since comparing stealing data and stealing physical objects isn't quite the same thing: say you lost a good book you hadn't finished: does that give you the right to download the content of the book somewhere and print it off? I think not.
Admit it man: you steal music just like the rest of us. Just admit it, it'll be better than trying to come up with reasons why you feel you're entitled to steal it.
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
Yes, but the hebes don't care about the USA; they just want money in their pockets.
You people are just amazing... just wow... the liberalism in Slashdot is hitting critical and moving toward idiosy. I hate the RIAA as much as the next person but they are well within their rights to sue allofmp3 for everything they have. I don't care if they are "legal" in Russia, because they are using the US's content. Obviously they arn't really trying to get 1.6 trillion so just calm down. It's common in trials to go for the maximum pentaliy and this no different.
The items are not "stolen". Nobody is deprived of the song you downloaded.
This is simply Globalization hitting the music distributers and they don't like it.
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