Comments on: Music File-Sharing Case Complete — and the Winner Is … http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4915 Independent Tech News and Product Reviews from former VP and head of CNET.com and Longtime Computer Shopper Columnist, Alice Hill author of the popular "Hard Edge" column. Originally named AliceandBill.com. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:28:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: » RIAA Verdict to be Appealed » Blog Archive   Alice Hill’s Real Tech News - Independent Tech http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4915#comment-305930 Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:53:32 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4915#comment-305930 [...] You may recall that late last week a jury ruled that Jammie Thomas, a Minnesota woman, was guilty of copyright infringement and liable for a sum of $222,000. Monday on both CNN and her Myspace blog Thomas announced that she and her attorney have decided to appeal. [...] […] You may recall that late last week a jury ruled that Jammie Thomas, a Minnesota woman, was guilty of copyright infringement and liable for a sum of $222,000. Monday on both CNN and her Myspace blog Thomas announced that she and her attorney have decided to appeal. […]

]]> by: Ben Richards http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4915#comment-302534 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 22:19:12 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4915#comment-302534 A ridiculously outsize punishment. For god's sake, we don't fine many violent felons with these kinds of penalties. A pity so few people know about the effective countermeasures like PeerGuardian which can effectively mask your IP address from the anti P2P organizations that hunt down file sharers. A ridiculously outsize punishment. For god’s sake, we don’t fine many violent felons with these kinds of penalties. A pity so few people know about the effective countermeasures like PeerGuardian which can effectively mask your IP address from the anti P2P organizations that hunt down file sharers.

]]> by: Blog Feeds about Music » Archive » Music File-Sharing Case Complete — and the Winner Is … http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4915#comment-302380 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 18:40:01 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4915#comment-302380 [...] You can read the rest of this blog post by going to the original source, here [...] […] You can read the rest of this blog post by going to the original source, here […]

]]> by: Greg http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4915#comment-302100 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 12:28:27 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4915#comment-302100 Also, now according to Sony, I can't even share my own songs with myself... "When an individual makes a copy of a song for himself, I suppose we can say he stole a song," said Jennifer Pariser, head of litigation and anti-piracy at Sony BMG. Maybe its time for us to copy all of our CDs to our PCs and then throw the CDs into the Boston Harbor. Also, now according to Sony, I can’t even share my own songs with myself… “When an individual makes a copy of a song for himself, I suppose we can say he stole a song,” said Jennifer Pariser, head of litigation and anti-piracy at Sony BMG.

Maybe its time for us to copy all of our CDs to our PCs and then throw the CDs into the Boston Harbor.

]]> by: John Corliss http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4915#comment-301990 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:10:38 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4915#comment-301990 I believe the United States has lost track of the meaning of the term "cruel and unusual punishment". I believe the United States has lost track of the meaning of the term “cruel and unusual punishment”.

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