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CMDR Steve-O
 Post subject: Music Artists sue the CRIA!
PostPosted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 8:22 pm 
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:Updated - Linky Link!:
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/12/07/1917245/CRIA-Faces-60-Billion-Lawsuit

To the tune of somewhere around 60 billion dollars.

In a nutshell: Since 1980 every song on every compilation and Live CD made/printed/distributed in Canada has been released without consent (copyright infringement)! Slamming $20,000 per song on 300,000 songs heh.

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 Post subject: Re: Music Artists sue the CRIA!
PostPosted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 8:27 pm 
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Shoe's on the other foot now. I wonder if RIAA has paid out any of the money they're gotten from their lawsuits to the artists yet. :roll:

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CMDR Steve-O
 Post subject: Re: Music Artists sue the CRIA!
PostPosted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 8:28 pm 
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I'm guessing that number is somewhere between jack and squat.

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 Post subject: Re: Music Artists sue the CRIA!
PostPosted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 8:31 pm 
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Ding ding ding, we have a winner.

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CMDR Steve-O
 Post subject: Re: Music Artists sue the CRIA!
PostPosted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 9:46 pm 
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Guess where I pulled that number out of?
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nice ass

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 Post subject: Re: Music Artists sue the CRIA!
PostPosted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 9:10 am 
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Do you have a link for where you read this? I haven't been to Slashdot yet so I suppose it could be on there.

It's good to hear though. If it gets taken to court laws will hopefully change quickly and we'll stop hearing stories about how someone was sued for an excess of 1000 times the amount of what they "stole".

*UPDATE* For anyone interested:
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/12/07/ ... on-Lawsuit
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 Post subject: Re: Music Artists sue the CRIA!
PostPosted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 3:46 pm 
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http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news ... irates.ars

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These articles are literary the best things I've read in months.
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http://www.thestar.com/business/article ... fringement

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Matt
 Post subject: Re: Music Artists sue the CRIA!
PostPosted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 4:23 pm 

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Just for correction, the amount is currently $6 billion.

$20,000 per song x 300,000 songs = $6,000,000,000

This has got to be one of the best lawsuits ever!

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