[Maurice Tift]

One exhibit, viewed multiple times showed that there were 2 million users on Kazaa, the network Thomas was accused of using, on the night RIAA investigators found Thomas's alleged folder.

  If 2 million people were sharing an average of 12 music files each, then the RIAA could collect $222,000.00 * 2 million = 444 billion dollars or 444 thousand million dollars = 56 billion shy of .5 trillion dollars. Wow! I don't even listen to copyrighted music anymore!

[weegee]

Expect there to be prosecutions for importing CDs before long. Europe did not extend copyrights the last time around. Songs over 50 years old are now public domain there (including Elvis). Some compilations with their earliest material are already showing up in the budget bins.

The UK is looking at changing this because the Beatles and Cliff Richard may soon become public domain and the Beatles and Michael Jackson and Sony and EMI still haven’t made enough off of these songs to survive. A

ll the other musicians who came before them are to be left out in the cold but NOW real artists are being jeopardized. < / s >