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____/ High Plains Thumper on Tuesday 13 Oct 2009 11:31 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Moby: The RIAA Needs to be Disbanded
>>
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>>> The two million dollar fine handed out to Jammie Thomas by a
>>> Minnesota jury this week hasnât done the music industryâs
>>> image much good. While lawyers and high level managers at
>>> the major labels cracked open the Champagne, artists such as
>>> Moby and Radiohead shook their heads in shame at what the
>>> music world has become.
>> `----
>>
>> http://torrentfreak.com/moby-the-riaa-needs-to-be-disbanded-090620/
>
> It is rather amazing that in the US, one can get away with
> murder, rape, grand larceny, drug trafficking but pays a greater
> fine for stealing music. Something is not right. I am not
> saying that theft of music is wrong, because it is.
It's not theft. It's illegal copying (copyright infringement).
> A much lesser fine would have gotten the message across, and
> would IMO be considered just.
>
> It seems that crime against a poor man is worth less than a crime
> against the rich man.
See the recent healthcare fiasco.
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