Comments on: A 45-Year-Old Single Mother is Going After the RIAA http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/26/a-45-year-old-single-mother-is-going-after-the-riaa/ The Neat Side of the Web Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:51:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: aj http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/26/a-45-year-old-single-mother-is-going-after-the-riaa/#comment-529390 aj Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:24:40 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=15920#comment-529390 @Man or Monster 5 million might only be a drop in the bucket for the RIAA but the result of the trial will be hugely beneficial to anyone else the RIAA tries to sue. A sufficient judgment could well put an end to the litigation as it would become unprofitable. @Man or Monster
5 million might only be a drop in the bucket for the RIAA but the result of the trial will be hugely beneficial to anyone else the RIAA tries to sue. A sufficient judgment could well put an end to the litigation as it would become unprofitable.

]]> By: tinfoil http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/26/a-45-year-old-single-mother-is-going-after-the-riaa/#comment-528916 tinfoil Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:00:06 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=15920#comment-528916 I have spoken with both her and her lawyer on a number of occasions. They are both fantastic people and I wish them the best. Actions such as theirs are slowly bringing the recording industry around. EMI has slashed contributions to the RIAA for one and the mass exodus towards selling music free of DRM is another. Sure, they may not like having terms dictated to them by the likes of Apple, but it goes a long way in showing that if the recording industry would have started adjusting their business model in days of Napster. Had they done that, they would be more than the archaic oligopoly they are now, intent on suing their customers into bankruptcy. I have spoken with both her and her lawyer on a number of occasions. They are both fantastic people and I wish them the best. Actions such as theirs are slowly bringing the recording industry around. EMI has slashed contributions to the RIAA for one and the mass exodus towards selling music free of DRM is another.

Sure, they may not like having terms dictated to them by the likes of Apple, but it goes a long way in showing that if the recording industry would have started adjusting their business model in days of Napster. Had they done that, they would be more than the archaic oligopoly they are now, intent on suing their customers into bankruptcy.

]]> By: Man or Monster http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/26/a-45-year-old-single-mother-is-going-after-the-riaa/#comment-528801 Man or Monster Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:58:42 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=15920#comment-528801 Five million is not nearly enough to teach the RIAA a lesson. Five million is not nearly enough to teach the RIAA a lesson.

]]> By: Parker http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/26/a-45-year-old-single-mother-is-going-after-the-riaa/#comment-528186 Parker Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:49:39 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=15920#comment-528186 I'm pretty sure hiring lawyers and giving up her time and energy to fight the original lawsuit cost her a pretty penny. And posting on a blog about the RIAA isn't being asleep..how many of us have been sued or even contacted by the RIAA? Is spreading news and talking about it being asleep? We could take it on as a personal goal to kill the RIAA but I'm sure most of us would rather fight global hunger. I’m pretty sure hiring lawyers and giving up her time and energy to fight the original lawsuit cost her a pretty penny.

And posting on a blog about the RIAA isn’t being asleep..how many of us have been sued or even contacted by the RIAA? Is spreading news and talking about it being asleep? We could take it on as a personal goal to kill the RIAA but I’m sure most of us would rather fight global hunger.

]]> By: su.wei http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/26/a-45-year-old-single-mother-is-going-after-the-riaa/#comment-528061 su.wei Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:33:45 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=15920#comment-528061 you go girl! you go girl!

]]> By: caitlin13 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/26/a-45-year-old-single-mother-is-going-after-the-riaa/#comment-527326 caitlin13 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:04:38 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=15920#comment-527326 I hope it does become a class action suit, but unlike Ashley above I do think this woman deserves a large chunk on that money. So many people just do as they're told so I think its really nifty of this woman to speak out against it all. I hope it does become a class action suit, but unlike Ashley above I do think this woman deserves a large chunk on that money. So many people just do as they’re told so I think its really nifty of this woman to speak out against it all.

]]> By: alexander http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/26/a-45-year-old-single-mother-is-going-after-the-riaa/#comment-526989 alexander Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:12:54 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=15920#comment-526989 if they're so darned concerned about piracy, why not go after the chinese, who manufacture fake cd's, dvd's, luxury goods, etc by the factory load. Why, because they'd be told to shove it up their sunshine tubes! The music industry (and movie industry) has had it's way with the american public for years, making money hand over fist. Now that the "technological tables" have turned and we possess the power to make copies ad infinitum, they cry poor mouth and invoke nazi tactics. Zero sympathy. And if a couple of Beverly Hills fat cats miss a few house payments and the only music I could listen to came from U-Tube, so be it. if they’re so darned concerned about piracy, why not go after the chinese, who manufacture fake cd’s, dvd’s, luxury goods, etc by the factory load.

Why, because they’d be told to shove it up their sunshine tubes!

The music industry (and movie industry) has had it’s way with the american public for years, making money hand over fist. Now that the “technological tables” have turned and we possess the power to make copies ad infinitum, they cry poor mouth and invoke nazi tactics.
Zero sympathy. And if a couple of Beverly Hills fat cats miss a few house payments and the only music I could listen to came from U-Tube, so be it.

]]> By: ben clucky http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/26/a-45-year-old-single-mother-is-going-after-the-riaa/#comment-526798 ben clucky Sun, 27 Apr 2008 07:38:40 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=15920#comment-526798 maybe if most americans would actually do something rather than posting on a blog, their antics wouldn't continue, and we wouldn't have to rely on a 45 year old single mother to "fight back" you are asleep... maybe if most americans would actually do something rather than posting on a blog, their antics wouldn’t continue, and we wouldn’t have to rely on a 45 year old single mother to “fight back”

you are asleep…

]]> By: Justin http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/26/a-45-year-old-single-mother-is-going-after-the-riaa/#comment-526738 Justin Sun, 27 Apr 2008 05:40:06 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=15920#comment-526738 After reading that article I have nothing but contempt for the music industry. They are using the threat of legal action as means of coercion to get people to pay. I wonder how many more people like Tanya have been falsely accused... After reading that article I have nothing but contempt for the music industry. They are using the threat of legal action as means of coercion to get people to pay. I wonder how many more people like Tanya have been falsely accused…

]]> By: Justin http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/26/a-45-year-old-single-mother-is-going-after-the-riaa/#comment-526732 Justin Sun, 27 Apr 2008 05:23:27 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=15920#comment-526732 GO TANYA! GO TANYA!

]]> By: Alannah http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/26/a-45-year-old-single-mother-is-going-after-the-riaa/#comment-526629 Alannah Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:09:15 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=15920#comment-526629 -Ashley- Class action means she won't be gaining much at all. The lawyer for the case would be the only one to come out rich, as he'd take anywhere from 20-50% right off the top of the settlement. The rest would be distributed to each and every member of the suit, which could be in hundreds or thousands. We were in a class action suit against Blockbuster with several thousand other people. We ended up getting 26.50. It really is a great way to teach big business to behave morally, and lawyers love them because their payday is HUGE. -Ashley-

Class action means she won’t be gaining much at all. The lawyer for the case would be the only one to come out rich, as he’d take anywhere from 20-50% right off the top of the settlement. The rest would be distributed to each and every member of the suit, which could be in hundreds or thousands. We were in a class action suit against Blockbuster with several thousand other people. We ended up getting 26.50. It really is a great way to teach big business to behave morally, and lawyers love them because their payday is HUGE.

]]> By: Ashley http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/26/a-45-year-old-single-mother-is-going-after-the-riaa/#comment-526598 Ashley Sun, 27 Apr 2008 02:32:45 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=15920#comment-526598 Class action--what does that mean about where the $5 mil ends up? RIAA deserves to lose $5 mil, but that woman certainly does not deserve to gain it. Class action–what does that mean about where the $5 mil ends up? RIAA deserves to lose $5 mil, but that woman certainly does not deserve to gain it.

]]> By: Micah http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/26/a-45-year-old-single-mother-is-going-after-the-riaa/#comment-526364 Micah Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:10:59 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=15920#comment-526364 The RIAA has always seemed very sketchy to me. I'm very much against pirating, but it's so flipping easy to do it now, it's everywhere. I don't think suing people will stop piracy, whether they're doing it to put fear in the hearts of music-lovers or just to make up 'lost' money (and what of that money from lawsuits goes to artists?). So I say, good for this lady, and power to her. The RIAA has always seemed very sketchy to me. I’m very much against pirating, but it’s so flipping easy to do it now, it’s everywhere.

I don’t think suing people will stop piracy, whether they’re doing it to put fear in the hearts of music-lovers or just to make up ‘lost’ money (and what of that money from lawsuits goes to artists?).

So I say, good for this lady, and power to her.

]]> By: Skipweasel http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/26/a-45-year-old-single-mother-is-going-after-the-riaa/#comment-526116 Skipweasel Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:25:35 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=15920#comment-526116 "[piracy] costs the U.S. record industry at least $3.7 billion annually in sales. "The magnitude of this [theft] is incalculable," says Richard L. Gabriel, lead national counsel for the RIAA" So - if he can't calculate it, did he just pluck the $3.7 billion out of thin air? “[piracy] costs the U.S. record industry at least $3.7 billion annually in sales. “The magnitude of this [theft] is incalculable,” says Richard L. Gabriel, lead national counsel for the RIAA”

So - if he can’t calculate it, did he just pluck the $3.7 billion out of thin air?

]]> By: bean http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/26/a-45-year-old-single-mother-is-going-after-the-riaa/#comment-526063 bean Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:15:05 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=15920#comment-526063 Man, I hope she wins. I'm all for intellectual property rights, but the RIAA has taken this beyond its logical bounds. Man, I hope she wins. I’m all for intellectual property rights, but the RIAA has taken this beyond its logical bounds.

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