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RIAA To Appeal Thomas-Rasset Ruling
frank_adrian314159 writes "The RIAA will appeal the ruling that reduced Jammie Thomas-Rasset's $1.92 million fine for file sharing to $54,000. '"It is a shame that Ms. Thomas-Rasset continues to deny any responsibility for her actions rather than accept a reasonable settlement offer and put this case behind her," said RIAA spokeswoman Cara Duckworth.' Joe Sibley, an attorney for Thomas-Rasset, said his client would not settle for the $25,000 that the RIAA has asked for. '"Jammie is not going to agree to pay any amount of money to them," Sibley said, adding that it doesn't matter to Thomas-Rasset whether the damages are $25,000 or $1.92 million.' In addition, Thomas-Rasset's attorneys say that, win or lose, they plan to appeal the constitutionality of the fine."
Yeah, I'd give 'em two ones and tell them to keep the change.
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You are too nice. I would pay them in pennies.
Come to think of it, even if I had to settle for $25,000 I would still pay them in pennies.
Just give them photocopies. After all, she's being sued for distributing low-quality (MP3) copies of their songs, she should pay with low-quality copies of money.
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No, the summary is correct: The $1.92 fine is in 2008 dollars. The $54,000 is in 2010 dollars.
You are too nice. I would pay them in pennies.
Come to think of it, even if I had to settle for $25,000 I would still pay them in pennies.
I would donate good money, pennies of course, to see that.
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...and I hate the mechanism of the entire music industry today, but am I alone in being entirely fucking sick of hearing JimmyJimJamJammieJellyJar's constant whining about how she's just an innocent lamb who never ever ever not once did a wrong thing ever in her life? If you're going to pirate shit knowing full well that it's illegal and not give a damn because "everybody's doing it and *they* don't get arrested and it's not like I'm shoplifting and those haxers on Slushdart said I'm just sharing anyway," then you need to man the fuck up and face the music (heh...) when you finally get nailed. Civil disobedience doesn't mean a thing if you try to hide behind the skirt of Lady Justice the moment your hair gets mussed. Either you're a martyr for the cause or you're just some fat cheapskate who wanted free music because it was easy. Pick one, you bloviating sow.
That seems like it'd be a good idea, and I bet a lot of people would donate a box of pennies to help. Legally, I think they are obligated to accept it since it's legal currency being used to pay a debt. Just for fun I calculated what that'd be:
One penny has a radius of 0.0095 m, and a height of 0.00143 m, leading to a volume of 4.054 * 10^-7 m^3.
Cylinders have a packing efficiency of about 90%, so each penny occupies at least 4.5 * 10^-7 m^3
Thus $25,000 in pennies would take up about 1.125 cubic meters (40 cubic feet).
A penny weighs 2.5 grams, so that's 6250 kg (~7 tons).
That's possible to transport, although now I'm curious as to whether the law permits delivery of said pennies by trebuchet or railgun...
Well, I'm just spit-balling here but, why doesn't she just pay the fine in Canadian dollars and save herself some money?
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