LimeWire Sued for $75 Trillion, Judge Denies

[rantoc]

So yet again the record industry is hoping to scare people, they rather lose 1 mil to lawyer bills and get 1 dime from that rather than acualy spend that money to produce good music that sells. Now there is logic in that...

Im happy i havent spent a dime on music the past ten years, it would only been used to pay lawyers rather than the artists who produced it!

I hope the record inustry dinasaurs die to pave a way for new music evolution!

 

[sykozis]

[citation][nom]omnimodis78[/nom]Tom's should write a solid, objective and detailed story on the facts regarding "piracy" - what's legal, what's not - what is the fundamental argument on both sides. The issue now is just too emotional and too muddy, and it's time the entire issue is rationalized. I thought that piracy is actually, legally speaking, simply file sharing - am I wrong? And no, I'm not asking about right and wrong, I'm asking about the law and how it classifies and addresses it.[/citation]
Piracy, in regards to digital media, is the willful theft of intellectual property.

 

[user 18]

[citation][nom]wolfram23[/nom]Apparently, they don't bother with the fact that at least a couple million users are also Canadian or in Canada... where it's 100% legal to download music and movies for free (for personal, non profit use)[/citation]

What?

 

[makistza]

75 trillion ??? hahahahahahaha

I think they knows that the music labels are already dead and they wants enough money for the rest of their lifes

ok , THEY WILL NOT GET A F#@$ PENNY

get a real job you scams , its time for a real work , no money , no beautiful women , no perfect cars , no big houses, nothing for you anymore. The digital world is here , you re finished...

 

[ithurtswhenipee]

Its no doubt they were grandstanding with the $75T. Unfortunately, that absurd amount just makes them look immature and it makes there case look illegitimate. No different then if they asked for a bahgillion or gazillion dollars.

 

[cookoy]

what a greedy people. sure, give them 75 trillion Zimbabwe dollars.

 

[kinggraves]

That's what they always do. They request the absolute maximum then settle for what they can get. The settlement ends up being higher because it's "lower than the maximum". They seem to be settling low at a billion when it could be 75 trillion.

The RIAA would shake babies upside down if they thought change would fall out. In the end their ludicrous behavior only harms their cause. People don't see something like this and think "oh god, what if they sue me", because, hey, none of us have a billion to give them. In the end they just threaten to bankrupt people. Most people heavily pirating are doing so because they don't have any money to begin with, what do they care if they have to go bankrupt? The RIAA isn't going to take their food stamps and rental trailers.

What people do think after reading this is "oh...well I'm not going to support these greedy trolls, I might as well pirate just so they won't get my money". Thanks for increasing piracy daily, RIAA, you can't sue a million people.

 

[Guest]

The RIAA and MPAA are some real genuine losers and attempting to claim 75 trillion in damages is not only mentally retarded but shows what greedy assholes they really are. The RIAA and MPAA themselves should be outlawed.

 

[alidan]

[citation][nom]f-14[/nom]read the first page of any book printed in america.i've researched alot of the copyright and patent laws on how to get a few of my ideas patented and copyrighted. having read about 1/2 the relevant material regarding both copy right and patents it's a night mare that could be simplified into about 3-5 paragraphs if all lawyers and judges were sent to the bottom of the ocean. i say i read half of it because most of it is irrelevant b.s. to make lawyers rich just from hourly charges alone. most of the legal system is that way.[/citation]

piracy (as it is now) is lumped into counterfeiting laws, laws which are in place to stop people from creating a criminal enterprise based on knocking off someone elses work, or bootlegging movies and music, to pawn on the streets.

there needs to be a section of law that deals with civilians who just get a few songs, because as it stands, music costs 1$ to buy, in most cases, but costs up to 150,000$ per instance (and 5 years in prison) of piracy if caught, which is INSANE.

 

[foogoo]

I sue you for 1 googles of monies! Now puts it in the pockets!

 

[eddieroolz]

A judge with some common sense, finally.

 

[Guest]

I just said screw them and completely gave up mainstream music all together. Youtube has way more than enough music for me to listen to for free anyways. Loser recording labels have raped the people long enough. Let them drown in their greed. If everyone boycotted the music industry it would fold in a week with their bloated greed. These Judges need to recognize the Record labels are raping the common consumer and no one can afford the lavish prices. Therefore, if anyone wants their product they are forced to pirate it. Go ahead and stop all these pirate sites. We can then watch all the stupid crying record labels dissapear. Then maybe we can get back to music the way it was intended to be. Artist distributing their art. RIAA, are going to destroy the music industry and I am going to laugh my arse off when you ruin everything for these artist's and record labels. Oh you'll still have your job because your blood sucking lawyer scum. The artist's will be the ones out of the job as you whistle and walk away saying, "there is nothing to see here."

 

[back_by_demand]

The Judge should just have shrugged their shoulders and said "what the hell, let's make it $500 trillion"

There isn't that amount of money in the whole world and even if the Limewire people give every penny they earn from now till they die of old age around 115 years old they still won't generate more than a few millions, let alone billions.

So what is the point?

Limewire just needs to declare itself bankrupt and even if it could generate $1 million per year it would take 75 million years to pay back.

 

[Formata]

LimeWire should take a dollar bill.
Photocopy it 75 trillion times.
And post it to these guys 1 note at a time.

 

[dtm4trix]

The recording studios should pay the artists the millions of dollars they owe them for unauthorized use of music that doesn't belong to them. See article:

http://backpackboogie.blogspot.com/2009/12/record-labels-guilty-of-pirating-music.html

I really hope the record industry as a whole goes bankrupt then maybe the people who actually write, produce and perform the music can start get their share through more progressive forms of marketing and promotion of their works. Fuck the RIAA, I will not buy any crappy ass piece of music from the major record companies.

 

[AMD_pitbull]

[citation][nom]blubbey[/nom]I should sue them for a few billion for boggling my mind on how they think they should get that sum.On a rather bizarre and slightly related note regarding djsting's comment, Ford tried to sue Ferrari for the use of the F150 name in case people become confused (F150 because it's Italy's 150th year of unification). Ford's being F-150 and Ferrari's F150. Now, one is a Formula One single seat racer, the other a pickup. Who will get those confused?[/citation]
Yea, there's also the price tag to consider too. I dunno about you, but, I would refuse to pay a few 100k for a truck.

Back to the issue. I remember when this all started getting really big with napster, one of the reasons things started to get side-tracked was due to the "studies" they kept doing. All of them pretty well ended the same. I remember one in particular, which stated: "for every song dowloaded, that's 3 CD's not sold. BUT, on that same note, for every song downloaded, that's 7 CD's sold." The 3 were big artists that you get forced to listen to on the radio stations, where as the 7 were smaller artists trying to get into the industry. Well, first of all, I have to say I download music. You're legally allowed to copy copywritten material so long as it's for personal research purposes only, not for monetary gains. I never sell CD's. I never make anything other then CD's that I use, and I download the music cuz I'm too damned lazy to find the CD I have laying around with the other hunderds I have. Do I pay 20-30/CD? F that, I go to the local pawnshop and buy it for like $2 if they interest me. I'll buy a CD if I think the band has good music and I like the way they portray themselves in the media. If not, bite me. Entertainment industry is out of control. Music, sports, and the like. Millions per year? Atleast athletes I can understand to a point. For instance, last year in the NFL, there was one Sunday in particular where 7 players had major neck injuries. Those millions they made are gonna be needed for medical bills for the rest of their lives. Bands? Really, what are you gonna do, fall off stage like a retard? That's Darwin taking it's toll on you. Do I see a big problem with this downloading? No. And I'm a musician. It's a great way for new bands and local bands go to more public, larger base of fans, etc. Chastise, insult, say w/e the hell you want, those greedy bastards brought this on themselves. You push people hard enough, they'll push back.
/Endrant

 

[itadakimasu]

F that, I go to the local pawnshop and buy it for like $2

This is my music piracy mantra. If I do buy a cd... it's probably used, or in some cases a cd I'm replacing. I have a few cd's I've bought 3-4 times just because they sometimes get lost, etc.

If you buy a used cd, the artist gets no money and neither does the music industry. same as if you download it.

"piracy" can also be great marketing. If you download something and post good reviews about it, you're going to make other people want to buy it too.

 

[army_ant7]

It was just a theoretical estimate anyway, as much as it seems absurdly high. But piracy is seriosly a problem that goes, in my opinion, unchecked. It's injustice for those who actually work and spend for the creation/discovery of software/data/information and just have it end up used by other people for free, against their will. :-(

 

[Guest]

I have stopped buying music a few years ago, I simply wish not to support any record label or artist!

 

[NewJohnny]

Everyone is referencing $75 trillion, but it says $7.5 trillion in the article. When did that period make it's way in?