The P2P lobby group (made up of all the P2P software owners) have agreed to pay the $2000 on behalf of the girl.
If the other 260 people that were sued by the RIAA were smart they'd ask the P2P lobby group to pay for their costs too. After all it is only the P2P companies and ISPs that are making money from the infringing trade of copyright material across networks. on 12/9/03 12:45 AM, Martin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This is nothing more than PR spin, they will probably drop the case due to > the fact that this 12yr old won't have to money nor will her parents. Plus > that will teach her to collect Backstreets boys sh*te - should be made the > law I think... > > And you should try buying CD's in the UK, 3 times as much - still it keeps > Mick Hucknall off the streets... > > md > > > > 11/9/03 1:40 PM Redmond, Ja'[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> I really think the buying public should form a c.d. boycott until this stuff >> stops. If they think a thirty percent drop is bad what if just 10% of the >> people we contacted through e-mail stopped buying c.d.'s? That's a lot of >> people. And the sales would drop even more. I hate for the artist to be in >> the middle of this, but then maybe more of them would step up also. >> >> I would love to try to get this started or join a boycott that may have >> already started. I would need all the information,,i.e. facts,,rules and >> everything to send to people so they can make an intelkligent decision >> themselves. Does anyone know of where I can get the information behind the >> lawsuits? >> >> Ja'Maul Redmond >> >> PERKINS & WILL >> >> 1100 South Tryon Street, Suite 300 >> Charlotte, North Carolina 28203 >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 6:30 PM >> To: jurren baars >> Cc: 313@hyperreal.org >> Subject: Re: (313) 12 year old is sued by the RIAA >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> $2000 for a thousand songs she allegedly shared through her computer? >> that's $2 per song!!! >> >> Do you suppose that the RIAA is looking at each song and each artist that >> she downloaded and giving them their fair amount? As if she had bought a CD >> from each of them - and then does that affect their chart position? >> >> I really doubt they are distributing the money to the artists - many of whom >> seem to be rather silent on the issue lately (that I've noticed). Anyone >> see/hear/read artists speaking out against what the RIAA is doing? >> >> I think their lawyers could drop $2000 at dinner after the pre-trial hearing >> (business expense - it's a meeting to figure out the "game plan", honest!). >> >> >> MEK >> >> >> >> >> "jurren baars" >> >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 313@hyperreal.org >> >> mail.com> cc: >> >> Subject: Re: (313) 12 year >> old is sued by the RIAA >> 09/10/03 04:31 PM >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> the RIAA is now offering an amnesty program to filesharers, read here: >> http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=3399602 >> >> some people are fighting back: >> http://www.rollingstone.com/news/newsarticle.asp?nid=18658&afl=frnd >> >> the same thing is happening here in the netherlands; 'stichting brein' an >> organisation that could be compared to the RIAA, has been demanding the >> names of people who's IP adresses they've got. But the internetproviders >> refuse to give those names, referring to those persons privacy rights. >> christiaan alberdingk thijm [kazaa's lawyer] points out on the website of >> his lawfirm why 'stichting brein' has not much chance of winning their fight >> for those names. >> >> i'm not sure what to think of all this. >> >> first of all, the extreme long time it took the recording industry to do >> something it could have done long ago, thereby only making things worse. and >> secondly giving the public the wrong impression; the impression that >> eventhough filesharing is not ok, it will have no consequence on you. >> >> the way they sue 12 year olds doesn't really help them either, it's like a >> shopkeeper who sees hundreds of people stealing from his shop day in day >> out, and finally does something about it, by picking out the weekest person >> >> that has ever done so, in the case a 12 year old. >> >> third, i'm really puzzled by all these settlements. $2000 for a thousand >> songs she allegedly shared through her computer? that's $2 per song!!! in >> court the RIAA would have to convince the judge and the jury that this girls >> filesharing has caused the recording industry $2000 damage. they could NEVER >> pull that off! they would even face a hard time trying to prove that there >> is a direct link beteen the decrease in sales in the music industry, and >> filesharing. just look at the shift in sales towards dvd's or even >> ringtones, and combine that with the bad economy. >> >> jurren >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. >> http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus >> >> >> >> >
