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RIAA demanding $17 million in damages from new Grooveshark

article published on 31 October, 2015

The RIAA has asked the courts to issue a default judgement against the new Grooveshark music service, demanding $17 million in piracy damages and 'willful counterfeiting' damages. The original Grooveshark settled its lawsuit with the RIAA earlier this year, but the new Grooveshark was started a few days later using the name. The RIAA sued almost immediately, and Namecheap and CloudFlare ... [ read the full article ]

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ivymike
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_ 		1. November 2015 @ 15:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Sooner or later, the MAFIAA is gonna find out the hard way that you cannot sue every Tom, Dick and Harry into submission when they wind up losing a court case. If they lose a Supreme Court case, they'll learn real quick.
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Bozobub
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_ 		1. November 2015 @ 15:54 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
No matter how you slice it, this lawsuit is a net loss for the RIAA; they're never going to collect a single cent of what they put out to bring the suit in the 1st place.
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ivymike
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_ 		1. November 2015 @ 18:46 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I hope the RIAA or MPAA sues someone, takes the case to the US Supreme Court and loses. It would serve them right.
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skeil909
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_ 		1. November 2015 @ 19:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
When are they NOT asking for damages. Pretty soon they'll be asking for damages if they catch you humming or whistling a song.
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Bozobub
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_ 		1. November 2015 @ 20:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Actually, in the UK, you can (and will) be billed by roving inspectors for playing a portable stereo in a public place where others can hear, as it's a "public performance". In other words, you can't, for example, play music for free while you work on cars in a shop!

And that's exactly how the RIAA wants it.
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ilikefree
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_ 		4. November 2015 @ 23:11 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
How do they come up with the figure of $17 million?
Did they throw a dart at the dart board?
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shit doesnt just happen theres always an arsehole involved
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Bozobub
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_ 		4. November 2015 @ 23:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by ilikefree:
 How do they come up with the figure of $17 million?
Did they throw a dart at the dart board?

That's actually one of the biggest problems with the RIAA/MPAA damage claims, to date; they're largely hokum. In fact, they're so silly, that they nearly almost get nothing near what they claim as damages, because they can't even remotely support the numbers. But asking for large amounts of money is scary, and the vast majority of plaintiffs in these suits settle.
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