Shoplifter sued for copyright infringement
p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- Chris Parsons uses the cartoon on the right for his Three-Strike Copyright post on Technology, Thoughts, and Trinkets.
It’s by hartboy on Flickr with a caption which reads »»»
This is the argument the RIAA and similar groups make when explaining why downloading music is bad.
Except, when you steal a CD, you get a misdemeanor, pay a couple bucks in fines, and the store has one less CD to sell.
When you download a song, you get sued for up to $150,000 and no one has lost anything.
It’s like if you light your candle using someone else’s candle and they sue you for stealing their flame.
“In other words,” hartboy adds, “it makes perfect sense to consider copyright exactly the same as tangible property“.
RIAA is short for Recording Industry Association Assholes.
[Also see Shoplifter sued for copyright crime.]
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November, 2009
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November 1st, 2009 at 3:10 pm
@ Chris: Sorry for my earlier incorrect attribution.
Cheers!
November 1st, 2009 at 3:10 pm
I wonder if someone who kill an executive at vivendi universal, Sony, EMI or time Warner will also be sued for copyright infringment.
Just a question.
November 1st, 2009 at 4:08 pm
Your article titles are confusing. The title of this article and the one on a2f2a make it sound like a real shoplifter has actually been sued for copyright infringement.
November 1st, 2009 at 7:07 pm
May as well be.
November 1st, 2009 at 7:39 pm
@ confused RW:
Poetic headline license?
Cheers!
November 2nd, 2009 at 1:49 am
“Except, when you steal a CD, you get a misdemeanor, pay a couple bucks in fines, and the store has one less CD to sell.”
That doesn’t make sense. Why would the store have one less CD to sell if the shoplifter was caught?
November 2nd, 2009 at 2:34 am
That cartoon is brilliant.