Government Sides With RIAA in Thomas Case

[JMcEntegart]

The U.S. department of Justice has issued a legal brief showing support for the RIAA in its recent lawsuit against Jammie Thomas.

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[kyeana]

BOOO!!!

 

[Guest]

There is typo. Should be Department of Injustice. There, I fixed it.

 

[thepetey]

wow, they must have been paid huge money from the RIAA. such bull

 

[Guest]

wow...big surprise there.
imagine...the US government supporting billion dollar corporations in anything that they want to do.

people...stop being stupid with your pirating. if you are on a P2P you will be tracked. there are other safer ways of getting your downloads.

 

[Kami3k]

[citation][nom]Long John Silver[/nom]wow...big surprise there.imagine...the US government supporting billion dollar corporations in anything that they want to do.people...stop being stupid with your pirating. if you are on a P2P you will be tracked. there are other safer ways of getting your downloads.[/citation]

Um actually P2P is one of the safest ways but I'll ignore your lack of knowledge.

 

[bourgeoisdude]

Where there's this much smoke there has to be fire. EVERYWHERE this case goes it gets worse. By some people's logic, so far the judges, two juries, and the whole US DOJ is corrupt in this case. Seriously people, do you think we should just ignore the laws completely, do you think it's all a "grand conspiracy", do you think that anyone who believes people should be punished for breaking the laws are evil overlords? How far are you willing to go to defend piracy?

 

[Guest]

file sharing will live for ever.....

 

[kyeana]

[citation][nom]bourgeoisdude[/nom]Where there's this much smoke there has to be fire. EVERYWHERE this case goes it gets worse. By some people's logic, so far the judges, two juries, and the whole US DOJ is corrupt in this case. Seriously people, do you think we should just ignore the laws completely, do you think it's all a "grand conspiracy", do you think that anyone who believes people should be punished for breaking the laws are evil overlords? How far are you willing to go to defend piracy?[/citation]

And in all your ignorance, do you also think that 1.92 Million Dollars is a fair price for 24 songs?

 

[masop]

[citation][nom]kyeana[/nom]And in all your ignorance, do you also think that 1.92 Million Dollars is a fair price for 24 songs?[/citation]

I think the judgement is a complete pile of crap and insanely overkill. As a worse case scenario, the woman should have been fined $5 grand and been put on probation and required to do community service of some sort. Trying to make an example out of her will just make her a marter for others. It will backfire one way or the other for the RIAA and also the DOJ. Sometimes folks require learning crap the hard way even though others strongly advise they not go that route, lol. There are those out there that know better, but some are either blind or just plain too stupid to listen to them! 🙂

 

[Guest]

This isn't terribly surprising. The law in question was designed to protect corporations from other corporations and the penalties were designed to make a difference at an industrial scale. The DoJ is ironically not in the business of producing justice or being ethical; it is the business of applying law correctly. The penalties, outrageous as they may be when applied to an individual, are technically correct as written.

 

[DarkMantle]

[citation][nom]bourgeoisdude[/nom]Where there's this much smoke there has to be fire. EVERYWHERE this case goes it gets worse. By some people's logic, so far the judges, two juries, and the whole US DOJ is corrupt in this case. Seriously people, do you think we should just ignore the laws completely, do you think it's all a "grand conspiracy", do you think that anyone who believes people should be punished for breaking the laws are evil overlords? How far are you willing to go to defend piracy?[/citation]


Right... so i guess using your logic and not most people logic a 1.92 million dollars verdict for sharing 24 songs is alright?. This is a minor felony we are talking about here, she did'nt kill anyone, she wasn't selling illegal drugs to litle kids, she didn't run over a pedestrian while driving drunk. She just downloaded 24 songs!!!.
This is obviously the work of a big company doing what ever they want using a corrupted legal system.

 

[blackened144]

Sounds like a cruel and unusual punishment to me. I think the Supreme Court could take up the case in that regard.

 

[Shadow703793]

All I can say is F!@k RIAA.

 

[fatedtodie]

Being that the criminal in this case violated a law that is clearly printed on EVERY SINGLE (albiet small on some), and embeded in the startup of EVERY DVD, I feel 1.92 million is perfect. I think she should have settled for the original price (around 4000 bucks if i remember right) or gave up with the 220,000. Instead she went with the "piracy rules" reasoning and lost...
I hope she loses everything! Down with pirates!

 

[Guest]

Ok, seriously. Did nobody notice that the DoJ is stocked with former RIAA and MPAA lawyers? I have no idea why you guys are cmplaining. You elected Obama, he elected douchebags fro the DoJ, now you're all screwed. I'm SOOO glad I live in Canada. You guys need to jump ship ASAP, because America is gonna suck for all file sharers, REAL fast.

 

[jalek]

It's as much a conspiracy as the "vast right wing conspiracy" Hillary used to speak of, though even more apparent.

Politicians are known to be for sale, so government corruption's accepted. The DOJ hasn't shown any signs of being above that, the only corporations they move against are those that've already begun toppling from within after the media's already run the story.

Instead of some Eliot Ness uncovering and prosecuting corporate shenanigans, the DOJ seems fine appearing to be complicit wherever the pockets are deep. There're allegations of investigators being run out for digging into things in financial markets before the collapse. There was obviously no problem there.

 

[techguy378]

This is kind of messed up. You should not have to pay more money just because you ask for a retrial. As a US citizen it is your god given right to ask for a retrial and if you are granted one and lose, the fine should stay the same.

By the way, stealing is one of the worst crimes in existence in the USA and if the government had the money they would probably be giving life in prison to every single person who has lost a lawsuit with the RIAA.

 

[Hanin33]

it's not just that she downloaded 24 songs... it's that she allowed it to be copied hundreds if not thousands of times after that. be that as it may, i don't believe the final verdict was justice even if the convicted, in this case, was a retarded jackass... as others have said, she did not murder anyone or sell 'drugs' to the kiddies... so make it a few grand and probation and community service telling the kids not to be a pirate and move on... they're trying to make an example where it can't be made since it's not like this woman is capable of paying even a 16th of this amount... oh well... that's american justice for ya!

 

[zerapio]

[citation][nom]Wespac69[/nom]Ok, seriously. Did nobody notice that the DoJ is stocked with former RIAA and MPAA lawyers? I have no idea why you guys are cmplaining. You elected Obama, he elected douchebags fro the DoJ, now you're all screwed. I'm SOOO glad I live in Canada. You guys need to jump ship ASAP, because America is gonna suck for all file sharers, REAL fast.[/citation]
Sure, I'll quit my job and sell my house and settle in Canada just so I can share or dl some stupid file.

What's so difficult with the concept of buying stuff you use? You find it too expensive? The then don't buy it or work harder and get more money.