[citation][nom]memadmax[/nom]Sigh, its all about the money.These guys are just emulating the "hurt in a car accident"(my neck hurts boohoo) phenom that has plagued us and the health insurance industry for over a decade now. Other examples include the lawsuits for mesothelioma due to asbestos being installed back in the 1800's(which destroyed the insulation companies and cost thousands of jobs by the way), even people being sued for medications having bad side effects because the were rushed thru the testing process, and the same people moaned and groaned that medications were taking too long to reach the market, etc etc...Anything to make a quick buck I guess....[/citation]
with asbestos, its about companies knowing that their walls have it, and doing noting about it, the people who worked with it weren't informed, or protected even after the dangers were known.
with the "my neck hurts" you cant comment on that unless you ever had soft tissue injure. its VERY hard to see unless you are a specialist on the case, and many times the pain wont go away for months, even if its treated. you know those kinks you get in your neck because you sleeped on it wrong? imagine that but being a far more pervasive pain, that requires you to not move your head. people take advantage of the fact its hard to notice, but that doesn't mean that its a real, and expensive as hell thing to treat.
these record companies are doing the math like this, 1 song = 10-15$ and how many people downloaded the songs? we are f@#$ing rich if we can nail them. its a sick abuse of the justice system, that benifits no one but the parasites. if the bands got equal and fair compensation from these i would think differently, like one guy got 100 songs downloaded, so he gets 100-1500$ (depending on the math used to calculate cost) and another guy got 1000 songs downloaded he would get 1000-15000.
the majority of the money going to music ceos and laywes, it depresses me