Ya! we have to spray there first and the RIAA/MPAA and their law firms next.

Then we steal and or destroy the exec’s properties of these nasty corporation of criminals lawers included.

Then we go after the corrupted judges, representatives and senators who were doing the entertainment industry deed for money.

The world will become a better place then.

Stupid question. The most obvious interpretation is a “music CDR”, but burning a CDR covers much more than music. Before recordable DVDs became affordable, CDRs were the only practical means of backing up files for most people.

First off, downloading is NOT illegal, period!
However, UPLOADING the wrong thing to someone else is, in the most extreme, a civil infraction known as “copyright infringement”. This needs to be stressed until everybody understands the way Big Media has succeeded in completely distorting the whole thing.

The jury selection process these cases pretty much removes anyone that would even grasp the above, leaving the “off with his head” mentality to rule the jury.

Shouldnt the question have remained at “Have you ever downloaded music?”

It would now appear that using iTunes legally disqualifies a potential juror. I’m sure Steven jobs will love that little analogy.

OK – I do Grok the differentiation – “Are you a legal downloader or an illegal one?” Just thought I would stir the pot.
In other words, will the Jury members know the difference??????

@ everybody else, justice at its finest, you’re guilty till proven inocent, and
you will NEVER EVER be tryed by a jury of your “peers”. Think about it, some
pusher gets caught doing his thing, do you really believe they would bring in
a jury full of pushers to hear his case…..really!

stw

This mentality is not limited to americans.
Corporate control of governments is very close to global.
To think it is strictly an american phenomenon is to ignore ones own back yard.

The labels could enter a new heaven of making money from everything they own without the cumbersome mess of manufacturing and supply chain, just a fat server farm. The fact that they let Apple do this speaks volumes about their sclerotic senility.

I don’t like the major labels but I’m also not fond of the something or nothing mentality of fat moron modern Americans. It has hurtled us into the worst economic disaster since the great depression.

Jury selection shall not be allowed. The jury should be chosen randomly.

The RIAA parasites are going to end up dead.

Instead of getting a “jury of your peers”, you get a jury of anything but.
You would think radical lawyers like Nesson would be jumping all over that one.

Of course it’ll be a farce. Given how bent and corrupted by the kartels the politicians and the law courts have become.

You wait, the prosecution will again put forward some lame-ass case, riddled with the kinds of errors that would get any other case thrown out of court. They will surprise and gobsmack everyone by “winning” this case and use it to set precedent and force ever more draconian laws down our throats eg ACTA etc. If this scenario sounds familiar, just think back a few weeks to the farce that was the Pirate Bay “trial”.

The PR disasters don’t matter, because establishing precendent in their interests is paramount, as they want to get all those horrible laws using their bent sock puppet politicians passed their way.

The great unwashed public have a short memory and when/if they’ve got all the laws and technology set their way, the sheeple will gladly slurp the crap ‘product’ they’re dishing out.

File sharing will become socially unacceptable and will be driven underground, so that it once again only be relatively a few geeks who share files and they will always be looking over their shoulder.

Then Big Media really will win.

This is what really makes me sick.