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Verdict Reached In RIAA Trial

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the finally-won-one dept.

jemtallon writes "The jury in the previously mentioned Captiol v Thomas story has reached a verdict. They have found in favor of the plaintiffs, Capitol, and ordered that she pay a $222,000 fine for 24 cases of copyright infringement."

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  1. Re:Intellectual property is fiction by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Whereas in Soviet Russia, fiction is intellectual property. Oh wait...

    (This post was written by a would-be novelist, but is 59,970 words too short to qualify as a novel.)

  2. ridiculous for you maybe by User+956 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The amount awarded per song ($9250) is downright ridiculous

    Not many people know this, but that's the price they originally wanted to charge per song on iTunes.

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    The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
  3. Re:Unfortunately inevitable... by jon287 · · Score: 5, Funny

    i guess they're just trying as hard as hell to make sure i don't listen to new music
    They have such as system in place already. Its called "Fergie".
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    To boldly use to and too two times and get it right too! They're not gonna believe their eyes when they see it there!