How Much Is Your Stolen Music Worth??

[DudeAsInCool]

How Much Is Your Stolen Music Worth?

Probably more than you think.

By Daniel Engber

Posted Tuesday, March 8, 2005, at 3:43 PM

...When the digital pirate can be shown to have "willfully" violated intellectual property rights (knowing it was an infringement), statutory damages go as high as $150,000 per song, movie, or album. That means the $50 million hard disk might have contained just 30 or 40 pirated albums. must also determine what qualifies as a "work," RIAA lawsuits typically request statutory damages for each song—and not each album.

Read more here:

http://www.slate.com/id/2114507/

[method77]

My music is not stolen. It's downloaded

and I'm fuckin serious. Nobody calls me a thief

[rainbowdemon]

How much is a 3 followed by 9 zeros?

But I too, feel that I have stolen nothing.

[Shawn]

Totally agree.

[Malicious Intent]

"$150,000 per song"

Still cheaper than Napster :P

[slum_goddess]

duh (means: 2,910 tunes and i dint do it (it's all pet man's fault)

[KiwiCoromandel]

oooops!!..i`ll just give my accountant a ring and i`ll get back to you.... :read this: :bigsmile:

it`s not stealing..they`re the thieves...... <_>

[Meehowski]

Hogwash.......... :righteousdude: :rightonman: :fight:

[DudeAsInCool]

statutory damages go as high as $150,000 per song, movie, or album

I will be happy to return my cd's to them at that price. How is this crap calculated?

[Redneck4sure]

I will be happy to return my cd's to them at that price. How is this crap calculated?

I'd be happy to return some of my cds for half what I paid for them.