To: AppyPappy
I can’t for the life of me understand why anyone but a record company executive would vote for any $40K judgment in a trial.Or anything remotely resembling $40K.If the downloader was making any serious $$$ in doing so my attitude might be different but I wonder how often that happens.
8 posted on
03/04/2010 8:06:56 AM PST by
Gay State Conservative
(Host The Beer Summit-->Win The Nobel Peace Prize!)
To: Gay State Conservative
"I can’t for the life of me understand why anyone but a record company executive would vote for any $40K judgment in a trial.Or anything remotely resembling $40K.If the downloader was making any serious $$$ in doing so my attitude might be different but I wonder how often that happens." Its a great business plan if you think about it. All they need do is sue everybody and they automatically get 20,000% ROI for every successful lawsuit.
Someone cue the Guinness Beer Commercial guys...
12 posted on
03/04/2010 8:12:35 AM PST by
Mad Dawgg
(If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the next one...)
To: Gay State Conservative
I can’t for the life of me understand why anyone but a record company executive would vote for any $40K judgment in a trial. There is no choice. The statutory minimum is $750 per violation. There were 37 violations. Thus, the damage award is $27,750.
To: Gay State Conservative
One word: Lawyers. They have to get paid.
34 posted on
03/04/2010 8:41:38 AM PST by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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