The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #122620   Message #2692011
Posted By: M.Ted
02-Aug-09 - 02:45 AM
Thread Name: $675,000 Award in Downloading Case
Subject: RE: $675,000 Award in Downloading Case
The artists are the last in line to receive money in the recording industry, Q, and it is unlikely that there will be any money paid out in this case--some of you are awfully cold-hearted--here is a kid who downloaded 800 songs over a period of eight years--worth about a dollar each, had he bought them--Is the penalty fair? Is it moral?

It does the music industry no favors to pursue these cases, because A)It costs so much more to litigate than they can ever recover and B)It makes most people think they are despicable C)It inspires some people to devise new means of piracy out of spite.