that's $80,000 per song! On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 8:12 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]>wrote:
> Ms. Jammie Thomas-Rasset has been ordered to pay $1.92 million > dollars to record companies associated with the RIAA because she had > 24 illegal copies of songs on her computer that she was sharing with > others. While most folks will probably think that such a heavy award > is ridiculous, and will probably ruin the life of the defendant in > this case, the RIAA could not be more pleased, and intends to repeat > the process against numerous others who have been fingered as having > infringed upon music copyrights. > > One artist who was involved because a song of his was included as > one of the 24 is Richard Marx, and he has issued a statement blasting > the recording industry and the RIAA for their actions. > > Steve > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
