how much do you 'owe' the RIAA?

[dzagama]

Yeap, Cret. I'm pussyfooting cuz I like yoav.

You've been consistently correct about the issue. The naysayers seem to be extrapolating incorrectly from your initial stance that content creators should be able to assign value (a price) to digital content.

Arstechnica has a nice bit on the trial:

Richard Marx (!) attacks RIAA after $1.92M Thomas verdict - Ars Technica

FTA, Richard Marx says:


As a longtime professional songwriter, I have always objected to the practice of illegal downloading of music. I have also always, however, been sympathetic to the average music fan, who has been consistently financially abused by the greedy actions of major labels. These labels, until recently, were responsible for the distribution of the majority of recorded music, and instead of nurturing the industry and doing their best to provide the highest quality of music to the fans, they predominantly chose to ream the consumer and fill their pockets.

So now we have a "judgment" in a case of illegal downloading, and it seems to me, especially in these extremely volatile economic times, that holding Ms. Thomas-Rasset accountable for the continuing daily actions of hundreds of thousands of people is, at best, misguided and at worst, farcical. Her accountability itself is not in question, but this show of force posing as judicial come-uppance is clearly abusive. Ms. Thomas-Rasset, I think you got a raw deal, and I'm ashamed to have my name associated with this issue.


Richard Marx appears to be on our side.

So, unless yoav's definition of "pirated" means, he ripped 14,200 tracks from CDs he purchased, or acquired through some monetary transaction, then he stole them; which you've said (over and over).

I'm only chiming in so that you're not the sole opposition.

Yeah, punitive settlements suck, but that's another discussion.