1) So let me see if I get this straight but in a different way...
I walk by some one else's apple vineyard, pluck 24 apples and plant them in my yard and/or have some existing apples in my yard. Because I am not an island, I put in a special road that goes from my yard to the public access yard. My yard is now accessible to the public, from the public street, where any one can come into my yard.
So...
The fact that some of the apples, whether from some one else's yard or mine... COULD be picked from my yard, from the public road... Means that I could be sued by Monsanto for making the apples available.
WTH?
2) Similarly if I simply stole 2 movie soundtrack CDs from Best Buy (i.e. 24 songs that are good, bad, etc.) and placed them on my front porch, near my mail box, some one could come by and copy the CDs from my porch. SO... Can I be sued for that?
3) Like another poster, the punishment must fit the crime. Otherwise moral to the story is steal CDs from the mall. I don't advocate stealing but at worst, you get a small fine, a wrist slap, banned from the mall. Maybe the RIAA should have a few commercials before a CD starts or posters like the MPAA on DVDs... Don't steal from the mall, don't download mp3s...
4) I have 3 copies of the Metallic "black" tape because they would always frickin' break. When I went to CD, I ended up buying 2 copies because they'd get scratched (years ago, before I really understood what MP3s were, that you could back up your CDs). If I downloaded the Metallica MP3s, I'm sure that the RIAA or Metallica would sue me. Yet they've already made a ton of money off me. Even downloading the entire album, that can't be worth more than about $18. $18 more money while I've already bought a the music several times over.
I heard that this lady bought something like $6,000 worth of music. Glad Best Buy had her records. If they fined her for 24 files... even if it was 3x the value of the CDs... say the average CD price is $18, that is about $108. Even if they decided to fine her 1000x the cost of each CD... that is still only $36,000. You can't tell me that the pain and suffering of the RIAA is worth $186,000. Maybe the lawyer fees, but isn't that a separate award or is that included in this judgement?
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1) So let me see if I get this straight but in a different way... I walk by some one else's apple vineyard, pluck 24 apples and plant them in my yard and/or have some existing apples in my yard. Because I am not an island, I put in a special road that goes from my yard to the public access yard. My yard is now accessible to the public, from the public street, where any one can come into my yard. So... The fact that some of the apples, whether from some one else's yard or mine... COULD be picked from my yard, from the public road... Means that I could be sued by Monsanto for making the apples available. WTH? 2) Similarly if I simply stole 2 movie soundtrack CDs from Best Buy (i.e. 24 songs that are good, bad, etc.) and placed them on my front porch, near my mail box, some one could come by and copy the CDs from my porch. SO... Can I be sued for that? 3) Like another poster, the punishment must fit the crime. Otherwise moral to the story is steal CDs from the mall. I don't advocate stealing but at worst, you get a small fine, a wrist slap, banned from the mall. Maybe the RIAA should have a few commercials before a CD starts or posters like the MPAA on DVDs... Don't steal from the mall, don't download mp3s... 4) I have 3 copies of the Metallic "black" tape because they would always frickin' break. When I went to CD, I ended up buying 2 copies because they'd get scratched (years ago, before I really understood what MP3s were, that you could back up your CDs). If I downloaded the Metallica MP3s, I'm sure that the RIAA or Metallica would sue me. Yet they've already made a ton of money off me. Even downloading the entire album, that can't be worth more than about $18. $18 more money while I've already bought a the music several times over. I heard that this lady bought something like $6,000 worth of music. Glad Best Buy had her records. If they fined her for 24 files... even if it was 3x the value of the CDs... say the average CD price is $18, that is about $108. Even if they decided to fine her 1000x the cost of each CD... that is still only $36,000. You can't tell me that the pain and suffering of the RIAA is worth $186,000. Maybe the lawyer fees, but isn't that a separate award or is that included in this judgement?