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Regardless of her poor judgement, the end result is that RIAA is being awarded $1.5 million dollars for an action that caused less than $24 in economic harm.
by weavejester 16y ago
Regardless of her poor judgement, the end result is that RIAA is being awarded $1.5 million dollars for an action that caused less than $24 in economic harm.
- tzs 16y agoThe action was prompted by a couple thousand songs, not just 24 songs, so the economic harm could be up to several thousand dollars (depending on how many people downloaded the songs she was sharing)--a number remarkably close to what the RIAA initially offers to settle for when they first contact people. BTW, even if the RIAA could actually collect $1.5 million dollars, it would be a net loss for them. They've almost certainly spent more than that on legal fees so far.
- vl 16y agoFor 1.5$ mil you can get 5 medium-level lawyers to work for you for entire year full-time. There is no indication that this case required this amount of legal power.
- tedunangst 16y agoThe RIAA was willing to let her walk by making a donation to a musicians' group, so their motive in this action is not profit.
- nitrogen 16y agoIf it were me, and I could choose the group, I would accept and donate to Creative Commons.