Comments on: Woman Faces The Music, Loses Download Case

Jury Finds Minn. Woman Violated Copyright Law, Orders Her To Pay Record Companies $220K

[klingon69]

Please get real. Nobody shares the actual cd quality files and should not be prosecuted for any crime for a bad mp3 reproduction. It is only the ignorant jurors who commited a crime here. If you record a song off the air and put it on your computer or stick it in your cd player, what crime is that? If i sing in the shower will the music police bust down the door? are midi ring tones a copyright infringment?
Posted by krakosmako at 08:08 PM : Oct 05, 2007

What about karaoke? If someone sings a copyrighted song, do they have to pay fees? Is the club responsible, the karaoke team, or is purchasing the CDG enough?

[mamajoy2]

When looking at the lifestyles and amount of income available to most of the performers, I see the growing gap between the listeners and the performers. When they spend an average monthly salary on one meal, they just might realize they are contributing to the reason many people are downloading instead of buying. Be more realistic on ticket prices, cd prices, and be understanding of people that never will have the money to buy tickets to a concert or buy cds. People used to record the songs off the radio and edit, you couldn''t see that. It is the invasion of privacy in this computer age that is even allowing you (recording companies/artists) to see that sharing is going on.

[mamajoy2]

When looking at the lifestyles and amount of income available to most of the performers, I see the growing gap between the listeners and the performers. When they spend an average monthly salary on one meal, they just might realize they are contributing to the reason many people are downloading instead of buying. Be more realistic on ticket prices, cd prices, and be understanding of people that never will have the money to buy tickets to a concert or buy cds. People used to record the songs off the radio and edit, you couldn''t see that. It is the invasion of privacy in this computer age that is even allowing you (recording companies/artists) to see that sharing is going on.

[brianbwb-2009]

I only wish I could have given the closing argument to the jury, on behalf of the defendant. Sony, (the guys who put trojan viruses and spyware on your hard drive from legally bought CDs, google "sony drm case", or "Mark Russinovitch, sony drm") and the rest of them would have wound up paying the defendant.

[tcdelfin]

So, the record companies we no longer purchase ANY merchandise from are..

"The record companies involved in the lawsuit are Sony BMG, Arista Records LLC, Interscope Records, UMG Recordings Inc., Capitol Records Inc. and Warner Bros. Records Inc..."

Its time for the CONSUMERS to SEND A MESSAGE to the record companies.. the only way to do this, is to affect their bottom line $$$$
I say, we only listen to music that hasnt been tainted by this machine.. and is still musically honest.. support metal, indie, or make your own music.
Consider this too.. who exactly is the RIAA protecting here? And how exactly are the ARTISTS benefiting? I attend quite a few concerts, large and small, and can tell you, the majority of bands travel from gig to gig in U-haul and Ryder rental trucks, pulling their gear, and sleeping in their vans or rentals.. Record execs travel in luxury vehicles, fly first class, and sleep in suites at top hotels.. who''s protecting who?

[tcdelfin]

So, the record companies we no longer purchase ANY merchandise from are..

"The record companies involved in the lawsuit are Sony BMG, Arista Records LLC, Interscope Records, UMG Recordings Inc., Capitol Records Inc. and Warner Bros. Records Inc..."

Its time for the CONSUMERS to SEND A MESSAGE to the record companies.. the only way to do this, is to affect their bottom line $$$$
I say, we only listen to music that hasnt been tainted by this machine.. and is still musically honest.. support metal, indie, or make your own music.
Consider this too.. who exactly is the RIAA protecting here? And how exactly are the ARTISTS benefiting? I attend quite a few concerts, large and small, and can tell you, the majority of bands travel from gig to gig in U-haul and Ryder rental trucks, pulling their gear, and sleeping in their vans or rentals.. Record execs travel in luxury vehicles, fly first class, and sleep in suites at top hotels.. who''s protecting who?

[tcdelfin]

So, the record companies we no longer purchase ANY merchandise from are..

"The record companies involved in the lawsuit are Sony BMG, Arista Records LLC, Interscope Records, UMG Recordings Inc., Capitol Records Inc. and Warner Bros. Records Inc..."

Its time for the CONSUMERS to SEND A MESSAGE to the record companies.. the only way to do this, is to affect their bottom line $$$$
I say, we only listen to music that hasnt been tainted by this machine.. and is still musically honest.. support metal, indie, or make your own music.
Consider this too.. who exactly is the RIAA protecting here? And how exactly are the artists benefiting? I attend quite a few concerts, large and small, and can tell you, the majority of bands travel from gig to gig in U-haul and Ryder rental trucks, pulling their gear, and sleeping in their vans.. Record execs travel in luxury vehicles, fly first class, and sleep in suites at top hotels.. who''s protecting who?

[tcdelfin]

So, the record companies we no longer purchase ANY merchandise from are..

"The record companies involved in the lawsuit are Sony BMG, Arista Records LLC, Interscope Records, UMG Recordings Inc., Capitol Records Inc. and Warner Bros. Records Inc..."

Its time for the CONSUMER to SEND A MESSAGE to the record companies.. the only way to do this, is to affect their bottom line $$$$
I say, we only listen to music that hasnt been tainted by this machine.. and is still musically honest.. support metal, indie, or make your own music.
Consider this too.. who exactly is the RIAA protecting here? And how exactly are the artists benefiting? I attend quite a few concerts, large and small, and can tell you, the majority of bands travel from gig to gig in U-haul and Ryder rental trucks, pulling their gear, and sleeping in their vans.. Record execs travel in B''mers and luxury vehicles, fly first class, and sleep in suites at top hotels.. who''s protecting who?

[aidonais]

Hey Mr. Downloader,
I pay for everything myself. To be relegated to college radio, the cesspool of radio is a *** good start. Radio labels have to pay to play songs on the radio. Ok! It isn''t free! I paid for what I could afford. But because of ****** ***** like you, I couldn''t afford the bigger radio stations. On top of that, my music is for specialized radio play anyway. It''s too heavy for pop radio. *** ***** like you talk with big sticks because they have little *****. Before you spout off about something you don''t know, be sure to ask your mommy if it''s okay to speak. Besides, as an independent DIY musician, I''m pretty stoked that as many people heard my music as did. There was no one helping me. There''s just me. So when people steal from me, there''s no middle man. There''s just me. I''m not trying to get rich. I''m trying to feed myself.

[pwrslm]

the victims of the music industry needs to organize a nationwide boycot of CD''s from these distributors

maybe after 2 or 3 months without making money would wake them up