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RIAA Wants $1.5 Million Per CD Copied

Posted by Zonk on from the even-the-beatles-aren't-that-great dept.

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Not content with current statutory damages, the RIAA is pushing for higher damages for infringement, damages that would total $1.5 million for copying a CD with ten songs. It's all part of debate over the proposed PRO-IP Act. William Patry, a lawyer who wrote the seminal seven-volume reference on US copyright law, called it the most 'outrageously gluttonous IP bill ever introduced in the US.'"

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  1. $1.5 million? by KublaiKhan · · Score: 5, Funny

    I knew that 'going gold' meant a lot to an artist, and I knew the price of gold was high, but $1.5 million sounds just a little high...

    Or is this just for the ones that go platinum?

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    1. Re:$1.5 million? by hondo77 · · Score: 4, Funny

      You realize that you just quoted Jon Bon Jovi...in public?

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    2. Re:$1.5 million? by Dirtside · · Score: 4, Funny

      He didn't say Jon Bon Jovi, he just said "Bon Jovi". He was referring to the well-known Italian architect, Dr. Giuseppi Bon Jovi of the Milan Institute of Design.

      I mean, duh. Of course, I have no idea why an architect is bloviating about music, but who can understand Italians?[1]

      [1] No one, not even other Italians.

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  2. Does the RIAA have a licensed proctologist? by Steeltalon · · Score: 5, Funny

    I ask because I want them to be safe. It has to be painful pulling garbage like this out of their asses.

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    1. Re:Does the RIAA have a licensed proctologist? by spun · · Score: 5, Funny

      It has to be painful pulling garbage like this out of their asses. Not when you're THAT big of an asshole. The RIAA could pull a dump truck out of their asses and not feel a thing.
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    2. Re:Does the RIAA have a licensed proctologist? by VultureMN · · Score: 5, Funny

      You are, indeed, correct.

      I think this is the first, and probably last, time on /. where a link to the goatse guy would be ONtopic.

    3. Re:Does the RIAA have a licensed proctologist? by Malevolent+Tester · · Score: 5, Funny

      The digestive system isn't a dump truck - it's a series of tubes.

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  3. heh by Captain+Splendid · · Score: 4, Funny

    RIAA Wants $1.5 Million Per CD Copied

    And I want a pony. Somehow, I think we're both going to be disappointed.

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    1. Re:heh by KublaiKhan · · Score: 4, Funny

      Cheaper just to buy the pony.

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    2. Re:heh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Whenever you see legislation like the PRO-IP Act, you have to ask yourself two questions:
      1. Who is sponsoring the legislation?
      Sponsor:
      John Conyers [D-MI]

      Co-sponsors:
      Rep Berman, Howard L. [D-Hollywood]
      Rep Cohen, Steve [D-Nashville]
      Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX]
      Rep Schiff, Adam B. [D-Hollywood]
      Rep Wexler, Robert [D-Disney]

      Rep Chabot, Steve [R-OH]
      Rep Feeney, Tom [R-Disney]
      Rep Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA]
      Rep Issa, Darrell E. [R-Hollywood]
      Rep Keller, Ric [R-Disney]
      Rep Smith, Lamar [R-TX]

      Fixed some typos for you.

  4. Wrong decimal place? by IronMagnus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe they ment $15

  5. Walmart by im_thatoneguy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Fuck it. If they say I'm stealing it I'm just going to start "ripping" music from Walmart. The fines are cheaper and less signficant on a criminal record.

  6. Obligatory Austin Powers Quote by EEPROMS · · Score: 4, Funny

    Mr Evil "I demand the sum... OF 1 MILLION DOLLARS."

    1. Re:Obligatory Austin Powers Quote by billius · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's Dr. Evil, he didn't spend six years in Evil Medical School to be called "mister," thank you very much!

  7. Dollar worth less these days by chris_mahan · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hadn't realized the US dollar had lost that much value recently...

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  8. Re:IOW: steal the physical CD from a store by JensenDied · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does this mean I can now go kill several people and leave a few burned CD's for their families as compensation and continue with my day?

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  9. RIAA SUX0RZ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

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          RIAA wants $1.5 million per goatse viewed

  10. Riptopia by teslar · · Score: 4, Funny
    So, first I get an email from Amazon, telling me about their amazing new service called Riptopia. You send in your CDs in multiples of 100, you wait some days, you get the CDs back along with a few DVDs containing high quality rips complete with album art, correctly filled-in tags etc. For about $1 per CD. And my thought was, "well, how curious, I wonder what the RIAA would say to that".

    Then I come to /. and it appears the RIAA is saying it wants 1.5 Million dollars per copied CD.

    It almost makes me feel like they have a new money-making scheme:
    1. Let people copy CDs on Riptopia
    2. Get detailed lists of exactly what CDs have been copied for whom from Riptopia
    3. Send out the bills
    4. Profit!!!
    Now, I'm sure I saw a guy handing out tinfoil hats running around here somewhere....
  11. In euros that is... by MavEtJu · · Score: 4, Funny

    1.5 million US dollars... That will be 75 Euros.

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