Major Labels Accused Of $6 Billion Worth Of Copyright Infringement In Canada

[dennilfloss]

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091207/1201017234.shtml

Why? Those two-faced...D:

^_^

 

[Terzo]

Good. Make them pay 700 grand (what exactly did that one woman have to pay?) per a song.

 

[Bill Brasky]

Holy balls that's a lot of money. It's nice to see 'em get a little taste of their own medicine, but how much of that will actually go to artists? And how does it get divided if they win?

nvm. It's 20,000 per violation.

 

[SunSamurai]

=D

 

[Firsttime]

They fully deserve this. I mean in my opinion it's way worse then what the pirates do. They are making a profit by selling music they have no permission to sell. I hope they get charged based on the same stupid formula they use in their lawsuits.

 

[DangerAardvark]

Bury it deep Canada. Bury that swinging Canadian lumber deep inside the CRIA.

 

[SunnyD]

Between $50 million up to $60 billion...

 

[Kalmah]

Amazing.. Let's see.. they charge an illegal downloader $20,000 for a single song.. they claim that the damages make sense. Now let's see if it works the other way around.

They might say, 'that will put us out of business'.. well I bet some of the pirates had their lives ruined from these same numbers.

 

[lxskllr]

This should be an interesting case. I'm gonna LOVE hearing their defense :^D

 

[ChaoZ]

Hah, suck on that.

 

[sdifox]

muahahahaha, Michael Geist is my hero. He has been fighting for fair use for a long time.

 

[waggy]

I hope they get nailed for this.

 

[kag]

The irony!

 

[dennilfloss]

The irony!

The huge manatee!:awe:

 

[AnonymouseUser]

I'll never buy another CD from any RIAA/CRIA label ever again, even if that means I have to pirate the music I am interested in.

 

[ElFenix]

the movie industry is located in LA partly because it was as far as you could get on a train from the publishing companies in new york, who they regularly ripped off.