Comments on: Joel admits uploading, downloading

By: Irate Pirate

Irate Pirate — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 04:22:53 +0000

Seems like I was right about how things would turn out (not like it was hard to guess). It’s just my opinion but Joel doesn’t come across as being particularly bright. If all the record company wanted was for him to stop sharing, he should have done exactly that. While it sounds like they demanded he also delete all of the songs, he was under no obligation to do so at the time. Not without knowing their source anyways. For all the RIAA knew, they could have been ripped from his own CD’s and accidentally shared. He could have moved them to DVD’s as suggested above and nobody would have been the wiser. Maybe he wanted to go to trial? If so, then my original assessment of his character is confirmed.

By: ETRIGAN

ETRIGAN — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 03:35:06 +0000

I totally agree with the last but one response. Too many of his responses in the last day of the trial were completely silly. This trial is a major thing, for him and also for all those that have been working for him. You simply cannot afford to give such silly answers in a trial like this! I’m stunned.

By: Jay

Jay — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:18:18 +0000

If he actually ripped a cd and then uploaded it then fine he should get fined. The amount is too high thou. I wish they would go after the people that actually sell and make a profit off of ripping music.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:27:28 +0000

“Tenenbaum said he didnât destroy hundreds of songs on his computer even after he received a threatening letter from the recording industry in fall 2005. He had promised to get rid of the files in a letter to the record labels but was too attached to them.”

As I read this statement, I can’t help thinking what an idiot Joel was. A single DVD-R will hold over 800 average sized MP3 files. If DVD burners were too expensive back then (I got mine in early 2007), a CD will hold over 100 MP3 files. He says there were “hundreds”, which implies that he had less than 1,000. Even at 100 files per CD, you’re only looking at having to burn about 10 discs. If each disk takes 10 minutes to burn and verify, that’s less than 2 hours to back up your entire music collection. Then you have a friend hold onto them for you.

Voila! Collection safe and sound, but no longer on your system. How hard is that?

By: SamIAm

SamIAm — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:22:39 +0000

It’s probably too hard for me to check everything to make sure I don’t buy music from one of these companies but it won’t cost me anything if I never buy a tv or a toaster from Sony ever again. Sayanora Sony! Banzai Toshiba!

By: Etrigan

Etrigan — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:20:22 +0000

I don’t understand, why first denying the accusations and then admitting that he lied? What is the purpose of this strategy? Makes no sense to me. Before the trial, he should have planned a consistent version of the events, whichever that version was…

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:47:01 +0000

âThere I was in front of my computer, and I couldnât do it,ââ said Tenenbaum. âIt was this huge collection Iâd been making for years, and it was everything I listened to.”
Not me.
I would have been so pissed, I would have deleted them all.
Hmmmm let’s see that playlist shall we?
How much of that music is from RIAA based artists?
You know I use RIAA Radar to find music that isn’t RIAA based, because I’ve come to the point to where I won’t even listen to a RIAA based artist.
But for me, the question is, how accurate is RIAA Radar?

As for Joel, good luck.
Still in shock over here.