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Old 07-31-2009, 07:32 PM
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I'm not stupid about my downloading. I've been able to slip under the RIAA radar for years and never got a warning - the article I posted maintains a "watch" is placed on an account. They dropped opening cases in 2008. So if you got a watch or warning letter before summer 2008 you should be careful.
You think you're a unique case? Most people never get a warning.. only a select unlucky few get sued, and only as a way for the RIAA to make an example of them, which doesn't seem to work.

So how do they set these hilarious fines? It's not as if you can tell your insurance company to give you 500,000 dollars because your 5000 dollar car got stolen.
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Old 07-31-2009, 07:50 PM
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So how do they set these hilarious fines? It's not as if you can tell your insurance company to give you 500,000 dollars because your 5000 dollar car got stolen.
Statutes set the fines. Simple math.

Shoplifting is a crime; taking shellfish from another fisherman's traps is a crime; even borrowing my bicycle without permission is a crime . . . but everything on the internet should be free.
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How does Youtube get to post all those videos? Actually probably works out good for the industry because after hearing some long forgotten tunes on Youtube I bought some songs from different sites that I wouldn't have if it wasn't for Youtube.
Someone told me that if your town plays a song during a parade they pay, so I can't figure how Youtube gets around the copyright issue.
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How does Youtube get to post all those videos? Actually probably works out good for the industry because after hearing some long forgotten tunes on Youtube I bought some songs from different sites that I wouldn't have if it wasn't for Youtube.
Someone told me that if your town plays a song during a parade they pay, so I can't figure how Youtube gets around the copyright issue.
they get around the issue by deleting videos that violate copyright laws. Im sure you got a few favorite videos on you tube and then one day you find it gone. Youtube actually polices their website during maintaince perods
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