RIAA tells students: Pay up for downloads »
Posted By okitech 1 year, 7 months ago in Science & TechnologyThe music industry is asking 50 Ohio University students to pay $3,000 each to avoid lawsuits accusing them of pirating songs off the Internet
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Harbeas1 year, 7 months ago
Good! This cheating has to stop. They are stealing intellectual material and it should be stopped.
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evelyna1 year, 7 months ago
I do not think people should steal copyrighted materials but what are they doing to prosecute people in other countries.
The music industry is taking the easy road here. Just because they are losing money in cd sales does not mean they deserve these kind of awards.
They should send warning letters first and maybe charge $1000. Can they really prove who was downloading?
China downloads everything for free even software.
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Sandmn1 year, 7 months ago
Just how much of the settlements these lawyers get, actually goes toward residuals for musicians? This seems more like the cigarette law suits which only made lawyers rich, rather than an equitable, moral issue. Considering that an individual can purchase the same song for .99 cents anywhere, this 750 dollar per song judgement seems grossly unfair. I see no right in what the RIAA is doing.
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