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RIAA Says LimeWire Owes $1.5 Trillion

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the getting-a-little-greedy-guys dept.

An anonymous reader writes "LimeWire owes the major record labels one point five trillion dollars, at a conservative estimate. At least, that's what an RIAA lawyer says. He also wants LimeWire shut down and its assets frozen, says Ray Beckerman's Recording Industry vs The People blog."

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  1. In case anybody still took them seriously... by bcmm · · Score: 5, Informative

    For a sense of scale, that rather silly number is about a thousand times the annual revenue of EMI. Also, this page feels kinda relevant.

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    # cat /dev/mem | strings | grep -i llama
    Damn, my RAM is full of llamas.
  2. Re:1.5 Trillion?! by chad.koehler · · Score: 5, Informative

    2 Billion is pretty far off 1.5 Trillion.

  3. Re:1.5 Trillion?! by tsalmark · · Score: 5, Informative

    Hey, we pay a tax, on all recordable media, to them already.