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Verdict Reached In RIAA Trial
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."
This is what you get when you have a jury of "your peers" - something that in the United States means "people not smart enough to get out of jury duty", "people who are ok with getting paid $8 a day, while parking at the courthouse costs $17 and isn't covered" and "people who weren't excluded by either side's lawyers for showing a hint of intellect"
The lack of intelligence in your average juror has turned the legal system into a joke, which allows for rulings like this to happen. Stroll out some "expert witnesses", dazzle the morons in the jury box with some bullshit (and do it better than the other guy) and you have yourself a win, regardless of the actual facts of the case.
And then there is the $220,000 in "damages"...
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So if I steal your computer or your cannabis, and then "share" them with my friends, would you still object?
Sharing is caring, right?
Obama likes poor people so much, he wants to make more of them.
I just don't download music illegally. Much simpler solution then fighting lawsuits that I'm guilty of.
Using openSUSE instead of Windows since 9th of October, 2007 and liking it.
Actually I am guessing that you don't download 'illegally' because the RIAA is where your paycheck comes from. Didn't think we would guess that one did you?
Quite an experience to live in fear, isn't it? That's what it is to be a slave.
Can we get the names and addresses of the 12 assholes who think 24 songs are worth this obscene award. That's more than many can accumulate with a lifetime of labor. It is absolutely sick. This decadent society of morons really needs a shakeup.
I hope that at least the 12 fucksticks on the jury at some point become victims of the rapacious monster they just fed.
Yup.
It's called free speech. This is why the notion of "intellectual property" is not expressed as a "fundemental freedom" in US law. People like Jefferson realized that once people could own words and ideas that they could then interfere with public discourse.
The real rub is that 95% of any of this "owned" stuff is someone else's. Someone like Lucas steals from everyone and then 20th century fox tries to sue the next guy that comes along and does something similar.
It's happened with Harry Potter despite the fact that Harry Potter is filled with cliches.
It's like a Parks & Forrest service land grab.
A Pirate and a Puritan look the same on a balance sheet.