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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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    A stately pleasure dome decree
  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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      - None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton
    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. Wrong decimal place? by IronMagnus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe they ment $15

  4. 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.

  5. 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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    "Piter, too, is dead."

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

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          RIAA wants $1.5 million per goatse viewed

  7. 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!

  8. 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.