RIAA wants to increase damages by 10x

[Thrax]

<p>Congress is currently evaluating a bill known as PRO-IP, which is another lovely piece of corporate shenanigans from the same gentle giants that gave us the DMCA. The most shocking piece of the bill <a href="http://gizmodo.com/350611/riaa-wants-to-increase-filesharing-damages-to-15-million-an-album-just-for-laughs">inflates</a> the per-song statutory damages claimable by the RIAA from $150,000 to $1.5 million. You know, just because.</p>
<p>We all agree that piracy is piracy, but whatever happened to the punishment fitting the crime? $16 is srs business.</p>

[Zuntar]

D1ck$.

[Kwitko]

And the artist will see .000000000001% of that.

[Thelemech]

They can go F.Themselves 10x.

[Leonardo]

Before I read this thread, I just read the title. My thought at the time was, well that sounds like something congress would do - if a program fails, just use the same plan and make it more forceful or throw more money at it. I opened the thread and my cynicism was validated.

[Your Amish Daddy]

God I can't wait until I turn 35 and run for president.

[FreeC8675]

RIAA-Really Interested in being Assholes to Americans

:tongue:

So if I pirate some song @ $1.00 retail I am now responsible for $10.00 worth of damage?

:eek:wtf

[Thrax]

No, you're now responsible for $1.5 million in damages. Per song.

[FreeC8675]

ah well thats more fair.

[mas0n]

The RIAA and all artists affiliated with them are putting the nails in their own coffin. Hell, I was already boycotting all artists under the RIAA umbrella. This just makes me that much happier about it.

[TiberiusLazarus]

RIAA-Really Interested in being Assholes to Americans

:tongue:

So if I pirate some song @ $1.00 retail I am now responsible for $10.00 worth of damage?

:eek:wtf

I could actually see this making sense. Say if you download a song and then share it on a P2P, you should be responsible for the retail cost of it. So if you download a song that costs $1 and you share it with 20 people, $21 sounds fair to me. Or make it 10x in that sense, so $210. But no the RIAA wants $1.5 million??

[mas0n]

us: Hey RIAA, evolve or die.

RIAA: Um, we choose death.

us: alright then

[yagga]

Hey hey! I think we all need to take a breather and just root for the RIAA, okay? If we just support their bloated air filled heads a whole heck of a lot, well maybe if just one person supports them, then they will teh splode!

I will do my part proud: You know, every one of us is evil, except the RIAA corps.

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poop!

[RWB]

I keep hearing about the RIAA digging their own graves, but it seems they are just getting more sway.