Re: [LUG] Recording industry getting taste of own medicine

[Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 08/12/2009 09:48, tom wrote:
> http://www.thestar.com/business/article/735096--geist-record-industry-faces-liability-over-infringement 
>
>
> Tom te tom te tom
Quote from the site...

"The class action seeks the option of statutory damages for each 
infringement. At $20,000 per infringement, potential liability exceeds 
$60 billion."

Ha, I love it!

Serves them right, okay I know they're not downloading and sharing files 
for free, but they are still selling unlicenced music, in fact, I'd say 
it's worse as they're effectively selling on pirated music (until they 
pay the licence fee).

I wonder if the $20,000 infringement is per track per CD rather than a 
blanket $20,000 per track (so one track can be used on an unlimited 
amount of CDs?).

Rob



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