TIL Limewire is Being Sued For More Money Than Exists In The World - 75 Trillion Dollars

kubabubba · 3 days

In early 2011, the RIAA announced their intention to sue LimeWire, pursuing a statutory damages theory that claimed up to $75 trillion in damages – a sum greater than the current GDP of the entire global economy. There are currently around 11,000 songs on LimeWire that have been tagged as copyright-infringed, and the RIAA estimates that each one has been downloaded thousands of times, the penalties accruing to the above sum.

A trial to decide on the eventual amount of damages owed by Limewire to thirteen record labels, including Warner and Sony Music, all of which are represented by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), started early in May and went on until on May 13, 2011, when Gorton agreed to pay the 13 record companies $105 million in an out-of-court settlement.

Mitch Bainwol, chairman of the RIAA, referred to the "resolution of the case [as] another milestone in the continuing evolution of online music to a legitimate marketplace that appropriately rewards creators."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LimeWire

admrlcrnch · 17 days

This is absolute lunacy. They have really stepped in it now.

If they create a backdoor that they can get in, so can anyone else with enough ingenuity.

Most any security professional would tell them that, if they would be smart enough to ask.

GraybackPH · 1 month

This is great news!

DevinJet · 1 month

So glad you are OK! Could have been so much worse. In many ways, even though it was a major disaster in this economy to lose everything, it could have been so much worse.

Our thoughts and prayers are with you all and all the others in those buildings who are also living through this nightmare.

BambiCNI · 3 months

If I were the child's mother, I would be upset too! How dare they intimidate a child like that and for no good reason! Or try to force the child to eat their school lunch crap! Like she actually ate anything that was healthy that day!

Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. C. S. Lewis English essayist & juvenile novelist (1898 - 1963)

BambiCNI · 3 months

The girl’s turkey and cheese sandwich, banana, potato chips, and apple juice did not meet U.S. Department of Agriculture guidelines, according to the interpretation of the agent who was inspecting all lunch boxes in her More at Four classroom that day.

If I were the child's mother, I would be upset too! How dare they intimidate a child like that and for no good reason!

mpalmedo · 3 months

Remember. When voting time comes around...

BambiCNI · 3 months

If you don't like the sound of Acta, it's not too late to do something about it. Acta -- like all trade agreements -- still needs to be presented to the European Parliament for a vote.

Before Acta goes to vote in European Parliament, a number of committees are giving their opinion on the text in a report by the International Trade Committee (Inta). Opponents to Acta can contact Inta, along with the Legal Affairs (Juri) and Development (Deve), Civil Liberties (Libe) and Industry (Itre) committees. Each committee is to vote on whether they support the treaty before sending their views to Inta for the final report.

Updated 18:21 26/01/2012: The treaty could be on rocky ground -- a French MEP who was designated as responsible for the treaty has quit in protest at how the agreement has passed through the European parliament. Kader Arif issued a statement calling the process "a charade", and denouncing a lack of transparency.

BambiCNI · 3 months

This article hits all the areas that I am so upset about regarding Google's moves since they started G+.

wycks · 4 months

That's great news!

http://www.bsa.org/country/News%20and%20Events/News%20Archives/en/2012/en-01202012-pipasopa.aspx?sc_lang=en

wycks · 4 months

Tricky question. Whether they say yay or nay, they are still part of the BSA (Business Software Alliance) which is FOR SOPA.

jackruby1123 · 4 months

Agreed. That was not almost at all. So sorry to hear that this can happen in this country. And even more sorry to hear the guy could be cleared after doing this. :-(

easyecho · 4 months

Exactly.

jloong · 4 months

Cool story... sure it feels good to finally be able to talk about it.

giveemhellchris · 4 months

"Ah, Hexagon," Ed Newton says, gleefully exhaling the word that stills feels almost treasonous to utter in public. It was dubbed "Big Bird" and it was considered the most successful space spy satellite program of the Cold War era. From 1971 to 1986 a total of 20 satellites were launched, each containing 60 miles of film and sophisticated cameras that orbited the earth snapping vast, panoramic photographs of the Soviet Union, China and other potential foes. The film was shot back through the earth's atmosphere in buckets that parachuted over the Pacific Ocean, where C-130 Air Force planes snagged them with grappling hooks.

wycks · 4 months

BSA is for SOPA and MS is part of BSA, so no matter what they say separately, they are still against it through BSA.

easyecho · 4 months

All they are doing is trying to prevent the inevitable and tempting fate by invoking the wrath of ICANN...

No registrar has the right to hold your domains hostage or make it harder to transfer than from any other domain registrar just because they are scared of losing money...

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