For You Guys That Use MP3 Players or Burn Disks

[sarge87]

I'm all for musicians getting paid for their work, but this is beginning to be a cash cow for litigation happy lawyers. I've left the links to the story below.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,319276,00.html

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/12/r...ding-indus.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...7122800693.html

 

Here's the copy of the legal brief in .pdf form.

http://www.ilrweb.com/viewILRPDF.asp?filen...pplementalBrief

[bennychico11]

I agree...ridiculous. Just a way lawyers are trying to get more money.

However, I think pretty soon they'll adopt something similar to what we have for software....allowing us to create backups.

[huskerguy]

where do they get those numbers from... $9000 each for 24 songs?

[huskeraddict]

What the RIAA doesn't seem to get through their thick, moneymaking skulls is that they get more exposure through music sharing. If I'm in Best Buy and I see a CD by some band I don't know, chances are I won't buy it because I have no idea if I'll like it or not. However, if I hear one of their songs that someone has on their iPod, maybe I'll go buy their CD because I'll know if I like them.

 

[DaveH]

Yea, that'll fly. Not.