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   Thomas (profile), Aug 10th, 2010 @ 7:06am

   
   

   The media companies..

   define piracy as anyone else using their work. To them it is NOT piracy for them to copy or redistribute anyone else's work, regardless of copyright or IP rules. Why is anyone surprised they would do this? And of course they won't pay a realistic fine since they have the judges on their gift list. If an individual did what they are doing, they would be demanding multi-million dollar penalties and jail time.

    

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   Anonymous Coward, Aug 10th, 2010 @ 7:08am

   
   

   PYRATE

   We hang stinkin pyrates!

    

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   William Dodder, Aug 10th, 2010 @ 7:28am

   
   

   Did they buy the CD's

   Did they purchase the CD's? If so my feeling is that they can do pretty much anything they want with the physical medium.

    

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   Anonymous Coward, Aug 10th, 2010 @ 7:30am

   
   

   1.3 Million copies? The damages from that are at least 4 times the global economy!!!!

    

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   Anonymous Coward, Aug 10th, 2010 @ 7:38am

   
   

   Seems fair...

   Hmmm, if each CD had, say, 10 tracks then that's 13 million instances of infringement (per the calculations made against P2P users), and at a minimum of $750 per instance, they "should" owe at least $9.75 billion... and as much as $1.95 trillion.

    

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   The Groove Tiger (profile), Aug 10th, 2010 @ 7:43am

   
   

   Well, you have to understand that Murdoch isn't like, rich like Jammie Thomas and can't afford billions of dollars in damages.

    

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   AdamBv1 (profile), Aug 10th, 2010 @ 7:43am

   
   

   This makes my head hurt.

   So wait, a person shares 2 dozen songs and gets whacked with $80 thousand in damages per song (yes later reduced to $2250) where the Sunday Times get off with just $0.19 PER CD?!? What kind of sense does this make?

    

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   Don (profile), Aug 10th, 2010 @ 7:46am

   
   

   I think the Hendrix estate is smart in going for what they know they can safely get without going through the courts. But then again, only in the US are these cases absurdly in the millions.

    

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   Anonymous Coward, Aug 10th, 2010 @ 7:47am

   
   

   Simple math, 250000 divided by 1.3 million gives a little less than 20 cents per violation. That's ludicrous.

    

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    Anonymous Coward, Aug 10th, 2010 @ 7:57am

    
    

    How is it that if you download a dozen songs, you get charged 8 grand for each. Give away 1.3million CDs and you get charged 20 pence each?

     

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    interval (profile), Aug 10th, 2010 @ 8:01am

    
    

    Re:

    What a country, huh?

     

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    John Doe, Aug 10th, 2010 @ 8:03am

    
    

    Re: Did they buy the CD's

    I am with William on this, if they distributed CD's they purchased, than where is the infringement? If they burned their own CD's, then it is a different story.

     

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    Chronno S. Trigger (profile), Aug 10th, 2010 @ 8:03am

    
    

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    The sad part is Jammie Thomas got smacked for unauthorized distribution for a few thousand times. The Sunday Times got smacked for 13 million unauthorized distributions and got smacked for less then $0.02 per song.
    
    The Sunday Times gets punished by paying 2 cents per song and we get the privilege of paying 99 cents per song.

     

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    Bas Grasmayer, Aug 10th, 2010 @ 8:03am

    
    

    eh

    Actually, that's a lot more reasonable.
    
    Let's hope lawyers of filesharers can make use of the verdict.

     

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    robphelan (profile), Aug 10th, 2010 @ 8:10am

    
    

    Re: Re: Did they buy the CD's

    yes, i agree. the article doesn't make it clear if the newspaper bought 1.3 million CDs and handed them out. If so, I don't see a problem with that & the estate should be happy someone bought so many CDs.

     

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    out_of_the_blue, Aug 10th, 2010 @ 8:23am

    
    

    You're blatantly wrong, Mike. Was not

    "pretty widespread copyright infringement", but "did not obtain the proper copyright clearance for the giveaway".
    
    And an oblique damage:
    "In May 2008 the claimants chose to pursue a claim for damages relating to loss of earnings from the delay to the concert film project."

     

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    PeteProdge (profile), Aug 10th, 2010 @ 8:26am

    
    

    Re: Did they buy the CD's

    In that case, I'd like to sell some CD-Rs I've made of Beatles songs. You can distribute them how you like. I'm sure there won't be a problem at all with that...
    
    ...*cough*

     

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    Anonymous Coward, Aug 10th, 2010 @ 8:36am

    
    

    Anybody else will to pay about $0.20 for a CD? I'm all for it.

     

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    duffmeister (profile), Aug 10th, 2010 @ 8:47am

    
    

    Re: Seems fair...

    Doesn't commercial infringement multiply the penalty?

     

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    Anonymous Coward, Aug 10th, 2010 @ 8:53am

    
    

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    But the courts are the ones awarding absurd damages. It is exactly the courts and not arbitration or settling where they can reap the benefits.

     

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    Spaceman Spiff (profile), Aug 10th, 2010 @ 8:57am

    
    

    Co$t of piracy

    Let's see, 1.3M copies @ $15USD (about 10 UK quid) ~= $150M USD. That seems about right... Rupert can afford that out of pocket change.

     

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    Pitabred (profile), Aug 10th, 2010 @ 8:58am

    
    

    Re: Re: Re: Did they buy the CD's

    Do you honestly think that they'd have lost a court case if that were the situation?
    
    Seriously... I'm sure you probably work for the RIAA or something, but do try to not be so stupid.

     

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    Chronno S. Trigger (profile), Aug 10th, 2010 @ 9:27am

    
    

    Re: You're blatantly wrong, Mike. Was not

    So, you're saying that due to the giveaway in 2006 the claimants had to delay a film project in 2008 causing 150 thousand euros damage that the Sunday Times is liable for.
    
    Someone may need to explain that one to me.

     

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    Anonymous Coward, Aug 10th, 2010 @ 9:59am

    
    

    Re: Re: Seems fair...

    IANAL but, in the US, it doesn't look like it. There's actual damages, or statutory damages, which are either $750-$30,000 each or $750-$150,000 each for "willful infringement." There's a line about criminal infringment, which this might fall under, but it doesn't look like that raises the damages any.

     

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    Anonymous Coward, Aug 10th, 2010 @ 10:10am

    
    

    Sunday Times didn't do their fact checking

    The Times did license the music....from a company (Charly) who didn't own the rights.
    
    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/10/sunday_times_hendrix_ruling/
    
    but of course this should never happen because it is incredibly simple to determine who owns the rights to piece of work which is why google should be responsible for stopping infringement, right Rupert?

     

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    DH's Love Child (profile), Aug 10th, 2010 @ 11:04am

    
    

    Re: This makes my head hurt.

    IANAL, but this may end up killing damage awards in the future as defendants can now point to this as a benchmark.
    
    And if that's the case, 'pre-settlement' (aka extortion) letters will be worthless as it would be considerably less expensive to go to court.

     

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    TtfnJohn (profile), Aug 10th, 2010 @ 11:20am

    
    

    Re: Re:

    The point you're missing is that it's only U.S. courts who are awarding damages beyond the GNP of, say, Rhode Island, for minor infringement.
    
    Courts in Canada, the UK, Australia etc wouldn't dream of those kind of damages simply because the punishment doesn't fit the "crime". That and the plantiff hasn't a hope in hell of ever collecting.

     

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    ofb2632 (profile), Aug 10th, 2010 @ 11:54am

    
    

    Re: This makes my head hurt.

    That is once again showing that Corporations get away with everything while sticking it to the private citizen.

     

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    nasch (profile), Aug 10th, 2010 @ 12:14pm

    
    

    Re: You're blatantly wrong, Mike. Was not

    I don't understand either. How does that make it not "pretty widespread copyright infringement"?

     

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    btrussell (profile), Aug 10th, 2010 @ 1:35pm

    
    

    Re: Re: Re: Did they buy the CD's

    Even if they did buy them, it was 1.3 million lost sales. :)

     

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    Anonymous Coward, Aug 10th, 2010 @ 5:02pm

    
    

    Re: Sunday Times didn't do their fact checking

    The Times did license the music....from a company (Charly) who didn't own the rights.
    
    Then they didn't have a license. Open and shut case.

     

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    Anonymous Coward, Aug 10th, 2010 @ 5:04pm

    
    

    Laws weren't made...

    for people like Rupert Murdoch. Laws are for the little people. But if we just have to, we'll give Rupert a little (very little) slap on the wrist in order to keep up appearances.

     

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    Anonymous Coward, Aug 10th, 2010 @ 9:04pm

    
    

    Re: Re: Re: Did they buy the CD's

    I highly doubt they bout 1.3 million CD's. Wouldn't that bankrupt them or something? It seems like attaching a bought CD to each Sunday Times paper will substantially increase the cost of each paper or make them sell those papers at a loss.

     

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    Anonymous Coward, Aug 10th, 2010 @ 9:09pm

    
    

    Re: Sunday Times didn't do their fact checking

    "The Times did license the music....from a company (Charly) who didn't own the rights."
    
    Charly should be punished for pretending to have privileges that it does not have.

     

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    Anonymous Coward, Aug 10th, 2010 @ 11:51pm

    
    

    Re: Re: Sunday Times didn't do their fact checking

    Charly should be punished for pretending to have privileges that it does not have.
    
    I imagine they will be.

     

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    Maigrir Vite, Aug 11th, 2010 @ 11:13am

    
    

    As the saying goes...

    The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

     

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