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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 tom wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: >> On 08/12/2009 09:48, tom wrote: >>> http://www.thestar.com/business/article/735096--geist-record-industry-faces-liability-over-infringement >>> >>> >>> Tom te tom te tom >>> >>> >> Quote from the site... >> >> "The class action seeks the option of statutory damages for each >> infringement. At $20,000 per infringement, potential liability exceeds >> $60 billion." >> >> Ha, I love it! >> >> Serves them right, okay I know they're not downloading and sharing >> files for free, but they are still selling unlicenced music, in fact, >> I'd say it's worse as they're effectively selling on pirated music >> (until they pay the licence fee). I don't think its right for us as a group to condone music piracy, but I have heard that one of the reasons people pirate music is a the cost of actual cd's vs how much (or in this case) how little the actual artist actually gets. I think if the actual people recording the songs got a better deal then there may be less piracy. Paul >> >> I wonder if the $20,000 infringement is per track per CD rather than a >> blanket $20,000 per track (so one track can be used on an unlimited >> amount of CDs?). > I'd imagine its whatever they've been using against the little people - > which is presumably the maximum of the two. > Tom te tom te tom > > > - -- Paul Sutton www.zleap.net Ubuntu 9.10 is out : Visit www.ubuntu.com for details The December meeting of the DCLUG will now take place on the SECOND Saturday in December. This is December 12th 2009. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkseMwYACgkQaggq1k2FJq3pagCeLedWRwYpE7tweD9fltbhHLgJ xfYAn2MGW9nX140pO9Br9JuvEiDSKo7r =YR05 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html