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White House Lauds MN RIAA Win, Analysis of Victory
cnet-declan writes "The Bush administration's copyright czar says the RIAA's $222,000 recent jury verdict against a Minnesota woman shows copyright law is 'effective' and working as planned. C|Net's coverage has comments from Chris Israel, the U.S. Coordinator for International Intellectual Property Enforcement. Israel is formerly a senior Commerce Department official appointed by President Bush in July 2005 who previously worked for Time Warner's public policy arm (Warner Bros. Records is one of the plaintiffs in the RIAA case). The site also features an interview with Rep. Rick Boucher, no fan of the RIAA, on whether Congress will change the law, an analysis of why U.S. copyright law is broken, and four reasons why the RIAA won."
Of course it is, and if you say different then you're not a patriot. When you download music you are downloading terrorism and Harming Our Troops. See you in Gitmo.
Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.
200,000 is not to ruin. Sorry. It's huge, but she can certainly pay it in a decade or two.
As to 'proportion to his fault', seems reasonable. Convicted of violating the distribution rights for 24 songs, a reasonable fine was applied for each individual conviction.
Case over.
The RIAA won because she broke the law. A law the majority (sorry, it's true) put into place. This case has nothing to do with the DMCA. This is basic copyright law.
breaking copyright IS WRONG. in law, and ethically. comparing ripping off music to fighting slavery is ABSURD. what sad little freeloaders you ilk are.
if we could duplicate physical objects (like food and shelter) as easily and cheaply as digital information then you may have point here, but until that age comes, asking for compensation of created data should be awarded. and there is NOTHING UNJUST ABOUT IT.
I will slide right by your insults and elaborate on my point which you completely missed:
Copyright rewards creators. Creators who make games, movies, music, porn, books, paintings, code, etc. Creators are free to give away their work. They may also ask for compensation.
Under your "Dare to Dream" scenario digital information has no value. Jobs and supporting industries disappear. Only the most popular creators can survive on tips (if the original creator can even be identified amongst imposters). The rest are forced to find jobs in service or physical goods. Massive creative energy is lost.
Non-linear online content (like WoW) is the only thing that retains any economic value. Crushing DRM is implemented to keep these online communities exclusive.
Battlestar Gallactica goes off the air. What will be left for the freeloaders to download? The current ratio of pirated vs. non-pirated content on big trackers is what -- 100 to 1?
And that is the thing about freeloaders. They will complain about Britney Spears and moan how Hollywood is ruining all that is good and holy. But they are not downloading stuff they hate. Or amatuer stuff. They are downloading content they enjoy and stiffing the creators.
Maybe you would have accepted the same offer given to Ms Thomas that SHE REJECTED - A $4000.00 fine and promise not to illegally download again.
He is someone who -- for a refreshing change -- actually believes in what he is actually doing.
Which is great if you are doing the right thing. But as Bush has proved, doing what you believe in is no virtue when what you believe in is crap.
more personal freedom.
Abortion.
Ron Paul would be great in reigning in the fascism of the Bush/Cheney years, but horrible at anything else.