US woman has to pay 1.5 Million for downloading

[Topaz]

A US woman is going to be working alot of overtime to pay off the fine for downloading 24 songs from KaZaA peer to peer file sharing network and that's about $62,500.00 per song, WOW! Thoughts? http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/101104/technology/entertainment_music_crime_copyright_internet_riaa

[bush_cheney2004]

Yes...don't do the crime if you can't pay the fine.

[Bonam]

Obviously this payment will not actually be made.

[bill_barilko]

I'm downloading Toy Story 1 right now-31 minutes left to go-I wonder if they'll catch me?

Do you think I care?

[bloodyminded]

I'm downloading Toy Story 1 right now-31 minutes left to go-I wonder if they'll catch me?

Do you think I care?

They wouldn't make even the slightest little attempt. Downloading for personal use, at least in Canada, is for all intents and purposes a zero-risk operation.

Edited November 7, 2010 by bloodyminded

[DrGreenthumb]

They wouldn't make even the slightest little attempt. Downloading for personal use, at least in Canada, is for all intents and purposes a zero-risk operation.

Not if the Conservatives pass their new copyright bill it won't be. Will they introduce some more mandaTory minimum prison time when out kids can't pay their fines? By the way since Limewire got shut down it took about 10 seconds for frostwire to accept all the new customers.