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RIAA Says "Wanna Fight? It'll Cost You!"

Posted by timothy on from the come-the-revolution dept.

jeiler writes "Ars has the details on an RIAA strategy to double the cost of settling copyright infringement suits for students who try to quash the group's subpoenas in court. In a nutshell: settle early, pay $3,000; try to quash the subpoena and the settlement cost rises to $8,000."

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  1. Re:Shouldn't matter... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yep. It's not the "property", BTW, sounds like you've bought into the "intellectual property" propaganda term hook line and sinker.

    If you don't want something copied, don't fucking release it, don't ask the whole world to refrain from copying so you can make a buck.

    The big corps say "but then we won't make stuff". I say fine by me. An uncensored, uncontrolled, Free (as in Liberty) Internet is simply more important than intellectual monopolies.

  2. Enough, already. by capnkr · · Score: 0, Troll

    How about tag this story with "fuckoffalready".

    Sorry for the language, but I'm just tired of the RIAA shit. It has gone on too long, and is *ridiculous*...

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