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RIAA sues hospitalized teen
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article published on 2 December, 2008
In another move that shows the RIAA has little respect for anything besides money, Pittsburgh news channel WTAE.com is reporting that Nineteen-year-old Ciara Sauro has been sued by the anti-piracy group for illegally sharing 10 songs.
Making the situation so awful is the fact that Sauro is hospitalized every week due to her pancreatitis and her need of an islet cell transplant. Her current ... [ read the full article ]
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DTN107
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2. December 2008 @ 17:44 |
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How typical of the RIAA....
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jaybroni
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2. December 2008 @ 17:49 |
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2. December 2008 @ 17:58 |
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If ya can't do the time don't commit the crime,the RIAA of the USA is sending you down biatch..lmao.kinda makes you wonder who the terrorists really are
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Fiji5555
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2. December 2008 @ 18:08 |
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Congrats to the RIAA..........now after reading this I'm going to go download some music in honor of the girl.....anyone else want to join me? Lets show those jerks how publicity like this only makes people angry and more likely to download music......thanks RIAA for making my music collection grow even more.
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2. December 2008 @ 18:19 |
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Yes Fiji5555 I too will download 10 songs right now cuase I hate the RIAA.
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2. December 2008 @ 18:33 |
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The judicial system needs to start throwing these cases out. I swear the recording industry is made up of the greediest bastards in the world. In most cases they have very little evidence to prove the person they are sueing is the one in violation and in many cases the evidence they do have is inconclusive. Services like iTunes are posting record sales and they are just made because the CD format is on its way out and digital streaming/downloading (for music and movies) is the future. Since these old farts cannot adapt fast enough they will sue. They blame low CD sales on "pirates" and not the fact that no one wants the crappy music from certain artists or they just want the 1 or 2 songs off of an album and do not want to drop $15 for the CD when they can just download it. Now I am not condoning illegally downloading your music or movies since there are services to legally do it. I still do it the old fashioned way and get the CD because I want totally DRM free music.
Maybe for every case they lose the RIAA should pay a hefty fine for wasting the courts time. Don't they realize all they are doing is pissing off potential customers. The big shots at the RIAA can go to hell and take their 7 figure salaries with them.
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2. December 2008 @ 18:45 |
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I wish I could send something to this girl. Maybe a few dvds filled with her favorite mp3s. God knows I have enough of them. 1500 game soundtracks from here:
Galbadia Hotel
http://gh.ffshrine.org/soundtracks/m
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2. December 2008 @ 19:37 |
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PIGS!!!
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2. December 2008 @ 19:40 |
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I stopped buying music from them a long time ago. If you haven't yet, this disgusting type of action is what you're supporting.
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2. December 2008 @ 19:58 |
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Originally posted by nonoitall:
I stopped buying music from them a long time ago. If you haven't yet, this disgusting type of action is what you're supporting.
Exactly...its actions like these that show how they treat the consumers that makes people NOT want to buy music from them and forces people into pirating. The unfortunate part is I enjoy my music and if I enjoy it enough I will buy the CD. The same goes for movies. Otherwise I do without and just listen to the radio or wait for the movie to come on TV or rent it/borrow from a friend.
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2. December 2008 @ 20:29 |
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to think that a persons life isnt as important as a couple of mp3s from artist who really have more money than they can count, shows me where every greedy money hungry suits priorities lies.
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2. December 2008 @ 20:51 |
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bastards. this is a group led by satan.
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2. December 2008 @ 21:15 |
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I really do think they've hit a new low now.
I'm with ya, nonoitall. I won't be buying another new CD from any group under the RIAA and it's myriad child companies for the rest of my life. If I want it, eBay's the first place I'm going to look from now on.
And if I can't find it on there for a fraction of what I'd pay for it retail, I probably don't need it anyway. Money is tight right now, after all.
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EricCarr
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2. December 2008 @ 22:14 |
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There are people uploading 10000's of CDs and songs, and they want to pick on some poor girl with an illness for 10 songs? WTF is wrong with these people.
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3. December 2008 @ 00:38 |
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WTAE says that ?because she didn?t defend herself against a copyright lawsuit, a federal judge in Pittsburgh ruled she?s a music pirate, and that could cost the Sauros almost $8,000 in fines.?
you know $8,000 is a good used minigun and 1000 round of ammo.
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3. December 2008 @ 01:35 |
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Originally posted by EricCarr:
There are people uploading 10000's of CDs and songs, and they want to pick on some poor girl with an illness for 10 songs? WTF is wrong with these people.
Imagine what it would be like if the police, worried more about somebody seen smoking a fattie on the front porch, and didn't really go after the drug dealers who sell junk to the kids in your neighborhood!
When do they file a lawsuit against SONY/BMG? This RIAA member company sells CD/DVD burners and disks to anybody who wants one. Where do they think that pirates get machines that make 6 copies of your favorite albums and movies at a time? See them on the internet for $1500.00 each!
SONY hardware and blank disks are found in many of those police raids. When does the CORRUPT RIAA/MPAA entertainment MAFIA clean up it's own house?
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bomber991
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3. December 2008 @ 02:03 |
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The sad part is that there's no universal healthcare in america.
The mom makes $8.25 per hour, I wonder what kind of benefits that job comes with?
The attitude in america is you gotta pay for everything yourself. That's the RIAAs attitude here and everyone disagrees with it, but thats also the attitude towards healthcare in america.
They're gonna be paying off these $100k bills for the rest of their lives.
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3. December 2008 @ 02:35 |
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We should start a new kind of sharing instead.Like Get a web site and make a list of your personal thing that you don't mind sharing(everbody participate), then subscriber leave a request to lend/borrow your item, and when they're done they send it to the next subscriber is on the list( like a bulletin). Request must pay shipping. Shipping shouldn't be much because it's only a cd. I know its might be stupid but at least its another idea of beating the copyright law...
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3. December 2008 @ 09:35 |
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*sighs*
Why am i not suprised at the how low they'll stoop to attempt to make a buck.
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3. December 2008 @ 10:02 |
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Hi all, you know what they say, "Good advertising is expensive,bad advertising is even more so"
This act just may cause sentiments to shift against the riaa in the end.
Just my thoughts.
Jo
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3. December 2008 @ 10:28 |
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Originally posted by Fiji5555:
Congrats to the RIAA..........now after reading this I'm going to go download some music in honor of the girl.....anyone else want to join me? Lets show those jerks how publicity like this only makes people angry and more likely to download music......thanks RIAA for making my music collection grow even more.
Just torrented the entire Metallica discography in FLAC.
Poor girl...
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3. December 2008 @ 13:30 |
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3. December 2008 @ 13:49 |
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omfg the #ankers
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3. December 2008 @ 15:29 |
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The following is NOT and endorsement of the RIAA!
Back in the real world...
Sorry, but being in the hospital doesn't protect you from law suits. Let's say I borrow your iPod, and I carelessly leave it on a bust-stop bench... And I'm a jerk, so I refuse to pay for it. You can sue me, and If I end up in the hospital with cancer, maybe you'll feel sorry for me and drop the case. But legally, you don't have to. If I can delay the case long enough, and die before we get to trial, I win! ;)
If you can't make it to the trial, you have to inform the court. If simply you don't show-up, you loose. Sorry, that's the law, and it's common sense too!
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...tracks that she did not even download;
How do we know that??? You know, some people do actually download illegally, and sometimes they deny it!
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DVDdoug
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3. December 2008 @ 15:42 |
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The following is NOT and endorsement of the RIAA!
Back in the real world...
Sorry, but being in the hospital doesn't protect you from law suits. Let's say I borrow your iPod, and I carelessly leave it on a bust-stop bench... And I'm a jerk, so I refuse to pay for it. You can sue me, and If I end up in the hospital with cancer, maybe you'll feel sorry for me and drop the case. But legally, you don't have to. If I can delay the case long enough, and die before we get to trial, I win! ;)
If you can't make it to the trial, you have to inform the court. If simply you don't show-up, you loose. Sorry, that's the law, and it's common sense too!
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...tracks that she did not even download;
How do we know that??? You know, some people do actually download illegally, and sometimes they deny it!
P.S.
The mother is not legally involved in this case. The 19 year is an adult, and her parents are not liable for her debts. So, it doesn't matter if the mother makes $8 an hour, or $80 and hour.
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