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Music pirate gets suspended sentence in Australia

article published on 11 September, 2009

A music pirate that was allegedly the head of a piracy syndicate operating across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific was yesterday sentenced to 15 months jail and 300 hours community service in the Sydney District Court. "These are offences where the deterrence of others is paramount," Judge Colin Charteris said. "No penalty other than a period of imprisonment is appropriate. What ... [ read the full article ]

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joe777

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11. September 2009 @ 23:33

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Why dont the coutrs tell the truth and say "You have robbed the distribution companies(i.e the record labels)of THEIR work and now you must give something back" Lets face it the labels are the ones who own the copyright to the music.
It would be nice to see a label executive being told by a judge "you have robbed your artist and now you have to pay them back more than you have in the past, because you are a common thief.
Ok not all the labels are robbing sods but the major players certainly are.

All this propaganda over 'its the artist you are hurting nonsense' needs to be addressed pronto cause I dont think the general public know exactly how much money the ARTIST is loosing to the label.

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ZippyDSM

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12. September 2009 @ 15:09

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Artists get sht from labels unless they can sell millions of records.....

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borhan9

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13. September 2009 @ 16:29

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Thats pathetic they should have given him longer and not over three years and 300 hours thats just a slap on the wrist for this guy he will just do the short time and come back and start where he left off.

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Coyote42

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17. September 2009 @ 10:41

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Originally posted by borhan9:
Thats pathetic they should have given him longer and not over three years and 300 hours thats just a slap on the wrist for this guy he will just do the short time and come back and start where he left off.

Exactly, they should have sent him to prison where he could learn some real crimes. Sounds like Australia would rather have murderers, rapists, and drug dealers, than tax paying citizens.

(Note I base this off the fact that people sent to prison for a lesser crimes are highly likely to learn new "skills" over their incarceration.)

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