
Thanks guys, way to make me look like an asshole. In spite of
my brash claims this week that
Radioheadâs all-Internet marketing strategy would instantly end the music downloading controversy, a woman in Minnesota
was ordered yesterday by a federal jury to pay $222,000 in damages for downloading copyrighted songs. How many songs? 24.
Yes, two dozen songs. Thatâs two albums (or five Pink Floyd albums). That comes to $9,250 dollars a song. Thereâs only one song worth that much cash: âAll Night Longâ by Lionel Ritchie.
So now this poor womanâs going to have to pay out the ass for whatever shitty
Guns and Roses album she downloaded, and I think itâs a damn shame. And just so you know, record companies, action like this doesnât help you in the least. Two hundred grandâs not going to cover the massive losses youâre taking while you drag your feet on your way to the 21st century, and in the meantime, youâre not helping your image much.
When a bunch of sexually harassed women band together to fight the sexist mining establishment, thatâs a class-action lawsuit (
and a fine film). But when Capitol Records, Sony, Arista Records, Interscope Records, UMG Records and Warner Brothers sue a single mother, thatâs gang-raping your consumer.
And the RIAA must think that rape is okay as long as you just put the tip in, because theyâve recently begun sending hundreds of â
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