guily or innocent?
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
get-a-life alert.
People like this who suck off of society and have too much time on their hands are usually ,also, the president of the local Community Association and neighborhood crime watch. Goes to PTA meetings but does not have any children. Well, you get the picture.
Good story. Apparently the RIAA went after her and harrassed and tried to extort thousands of dollars for illegally downloading 2300 songs one early morning under her user name ‘Gotenkito’ only to find out that there was another user named ‘Gotenkito’ that was a young punk who was the real downloader and the RIAA didn’t even bother to go after. So now She is trying to go after the RIAA and all the music industry on wrongful persecution. They want to take it to a jury and the RIAA is doing everything in its power to stop it.
Looks like they picked on the wrong person. I’m no fan of people who download copyrighted material (never have myself), but in this case they had the wrong person and then harassed her with phone calls, threats, and finally a lawsuit. It’s a good read. And, yes, attorneys do have a purpose (sometimes!).
The privacy abuses of the RIAA could easily convince a jury to believe that there are no intellectual property rights. Talk about an unintended consequence. The end of copywrite. Just a singing cause you love to sing. LOL
I wish her well. I’m sick of the RIAA.
The RIAA is an extortion racket, they pray on people like her.
The RIAA is fighting a loosing battle.
If one is so inclined, there are many ways to download music without leaving a fingerprint the RIAA could use.
IMHO, the RIAA would be better off figuring out a way to fix their badly broken business model.
There is good and bad on both sides of this issue.
I’ve got copyrights on 2 songs I’ve written. I don’t want them altered in any way, nor do I want anyone else to make money off of them without my permission.
I understand the artists’ position. It’s their work, they should get payed for it’s use. And no, if people are copying an artist’s work that he is selling commercially and letting people all over download it for free, that is wrong.
But, the RIAA is doing this because of the sheer greed on their part. There is less than a dollar of value in a CD and it’s packaging. The profit markup is unbelievable. The big recording houses are losing money BIG-TIME and that is why they are so hot on this issue.
They are fighting a losing battle, technologically. Digital music will be copied, no matter what they try to do.
What a great gal!
I wish her all the best!
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