Comments on: $9,250 Per Song? Isn't That the Same Pricing Scheme They Wanted on iTunes?

By: DOJ Endorses $9,250 Per-Song Pricing Scheme | Digital Daily | John Paczkowski | AllThingsD

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:11:42 +0000

[...] DOJ says the $222,000 in damages awarded to the Recording Industry Association of America in the Virgin Records America et al. v. Thomas copyright infringement case is constitutional. Seems [...]

By: ‘Never Been On The Internet?’ Oh My God, You’ve Got To Be Kidding. | Digital Daily | John Paczkowski | AllThingsD

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:36:35 +0000

[...] took five minutes for the jury in Capitol Records v. Thomas to find Jammie Thomas guilty of illegally downloading and sharing 24 songs over the Kazaa file-sharing n…. But it took five hours for it to determine damages. This according to juror Michael Hegg, who [...]

By: Alan Sanders

Alan Sanders — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 20:17:02 +0000

This was an outrageously stupid and shocking decision. I guess the people of the United States really are dumb enough to swallow almost anything. Very depressing, actually. It’s hard to imagine what could possibly be shocking enough to rouse the snoring masses from their stupified slumbers.

By: Honest Citizen

Honest Citizen — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 19:52:45 +0000

The only thing companies understand is money. Boycotting them takes away money from them. This gets their attention. Anything else is just blah blah blah. Will enough people boycot them in objection to their business practices? I doubt it. I believe they will continue to act like big brother and the consumer will continue to suffer. They envision a day when you will not even be allowed to play music from any device that can be heard by anyone other than the owner of said music or you will be required by law to pay a listener fee to the record companies! Think that sounds crazy?…just wait.

By: Please support our dying business model - - mathewingram.com/work

Please support our dying business model - - mathewingram.com/work — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:55:35 +0000

[...] I don’t know about the geniuses who run the RIAA, but if I was one of the guys in Journey or Aerosmith or Green Day or any of the other bands that Ms. Thomas downloaded and listened to regularly, I would call her up right now and offer to pay her court costs. Lawyer Ray Beckerman at Recording Industry vs. The People calls it “one of the most irrational things I have ever seen in my life in the law” (hat tip to John Paczkowski at All Things D for the link). [...]