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   crade (profile), Mar 11th, 2011 @ 2:54pm

   
   

   "Plaintiffs are suggesting an award that is more money than the entire music recording industry has made since Edison's invention of the phonograph in 1877"
   
   So what? The politicians have never questioned it, what did they forget to pay this guy?

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   Anonymous Coward, Mar 11th, 2011 @ 3:43pm

   
   

   When you lie enough about facts at some point you start believing your own lies.
   
   Sure makes them look like idiots to be called out and caught red-handed.

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   Anonymous Coward, Mar 11th, 2011 @ 3:48pm

   
   

   I once ripped off a recording industry so badly they were forced to get a real job!

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   actual damages for songs < 1972

   

   Anonymous Coward, Mar 11th, 2011 @ 4:14pm

   
   

   The article says that they can get actual damages (not statutory) for pre-1972 songs? Do statutory damages not apply to pre-1972 recordings?

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   Anonymous Coward, Mar 11th, 2011 @ 4:19pm

   
   

   I'm surprised they even argued a "per-infringement" basis. It's pretty settled that statutory damages don't work that way.

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   ChurchHatesTucker (profile), Mar 11th, 2011 @ 4:24pm

   
   

   I was actually more surprised by:
   
   ... citing a Lime Group court filing referring to the inventor Thomas Edison.
   
   Oh, THAT Edison.

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   crade (profile), Mar 11th, 2011 @ 4:42pm

   
   

   Indeed, I was thinking of the other Edison that invented the phonograph in 1877 :)

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   Anonymous Coward, Mar 11th, 2011 @ 5:12pm

   
   

   It is pretty unfair that Phil Edison never gets any credit.

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   Capitalist Lion Tamer (profile), Mar 11th, 2011 @ 5:31pm

   
   

   The plaintiffs responded by stating that Limewire had stolen all of the music created since 1877, thus preventing them from selling any music anywhere since Limewire's inception.

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    ChurchHatesTucker (profile), Mar 11th, 2011 @ 5:36pm

    
    

    You are overstating the case, sir. Home taping killed music in the eighties. We haven't had any since.

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    Test cases?

    

    Mossup, Mar 11th, 2011 @ 6:28pm

    
    

    How much do these legal actions depend on whether the judge owns an ipod or a sony walkman mp3? Coz in setting legal precidents it largely must be an issue of the white collar, white earbud wearers versus the blue collar real music lovers!

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    Anonymous Coward, Mar 11th, 2011 @ 9:36pm

    
    

    Now I'm sure that the RIAA is run by Dr. Evil.

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    iveseenitall, Mar 11th, 2011 @ 11:18pm

    
    

    Let's stop referring to members of the Spite Industry as somehow representing the Music Industry.
    Or how about we ban music made before 2012. That would give everyone the rest of the year to focus on music and work on putting a new album together.

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    The eejit (profile), Mar 11th, 2011 @ 11:57pm

    
    

    IT's in the works,and is going to be snuck in in the middle of the night into COICA.

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    G Thompson (profile), Mar 12th, 2011 @ 12:46am

    
    

    You are wrong, it wasn't home taping. It was them damn youngsters knee tapping to those fandangled phony-graffy machines that the cacophony of screeching came out of that did it.
    
    How dare they illegally tap to our music.
    
    Thinks of the percussionists!!

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    Anonymous Coward, Mar 12th, 2011 @ 1:33am

    
    

    maybe if they just used the handy chart here even the politician could understand the folly.
    
    http://www.cracked.com/funny-4003-the-pirate-bay/

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    Shon Gale (profile), Mar 13th, 2011 @ 8:04am

    
    

    I say bring on the RIAA. We will treat them like we do drug pushers in my neighborhood. 'Stab 'em if they stand. Shoot 'em if they run.' The RIAA has ruined the music business. No one wants to buy s**t from those assholes or anyone they represent.

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    Karl (profile), Mar 13th, 2011 @ 6:11pm

    
    

    That article is awesome.
    
    The continuing operation of The Pirate Bay is chiefly a triumph for enemies of the RIAA, which, by our last count, is everyone who isn't the RIAA.
    
    And I remember when Cracked used to be a not-funny rip-off of Mad Magazine. How times have changed.

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    RIAA

    

    phil klisma, Mar 14th, 2011 @ 3:42am

    
    

    This mentality goes a long way toward discrediting any stance RIAA can take regarding file sharing. if you read deeply between the lines they seem to be interested in claiming revenues that would never have existed. I personally download a lot of things, and almost immediately delete them once i see they are TRASH! i save a lot of money this way. if something is really good i go and buy it BCZ the real item in your hand is better than a degraded low quality alternative file, especially if you are an audiophile/videophile.
    file sharing is the biggest advertisement that ever existed and its not my fault if recording industries are producing and releasing really lame material, and people want to see the product and examine the quality before they spend money and are stuck with garbage.

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    Statutory damages

    

    Dan0, Mar 14th, 2011 @ 9:40am

    
    

    Since Edison is the grandfather of all recorded music, and the RIAA is claiming that the infringement is based on a per song basis, They should instead have the award go to the Edison family from NOW ON! What do you think about that RIAA??? :-)

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    When cassette and CD's wear out we should not have to repay for copyrights to replace them

    

    Bloodyscot, Mar 14th, 2011 @ 10:29am

    
    

    When cassettes and CD's wear out over time if we replace them we have to repay for the copyrights on the music for the same songs on the same media so if people download to remake the same cassettes or CD's they already own would that not be legal under the fair use clause of the law?
    The problem RIAA has is proving actual damages since some downloads could be legal or not have been a sale, which would be impossible to determine actual damages without a lot of guessing but by trying to use statutory damages allows them to get around that.

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