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On Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:05:49 +0000 Paul Sutton wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > tom wrote: > > Rob Beard wrote: > >> 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 don't think its right for us as a group to condone music piracy, > but I have heard that one of the reasons people pirate music is a the > cost of actual cd's vs how much (or in this case) how little the > actual artist actually gets. > > I think if the actual people recording the songs got a better deal > then there may be less piracy. > > Paul I'm not 100% sure that we are condoning "piracy". Certainly I do not condone copyright infringement, but I do think the amount various recording associations are demanding from those who do infringe copyrights is extortionate. From the above it would seem that they "go after" infringers with a $20k bill *per track infringed*. Erm... let's see... an individual CD with 15 tracks at $20k per track is $300k - who in their right mind would pay $300k for a CD? If they were more realistic in their approach, they might not be laughed at quite so much. If, say, they said "the RRP of this 15-track CD is $25, since you've been a very naughty person we'll whack you with a 3xRRP charge of $75", then I think the situation would be more reasonable. Where do they get this imaginary $20k per track figure from, anyway? Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html