Author Topic: That 12 year old thief and her mother settled out of court-$2000 (Read 445 times)

Ripsnort · « **on:** September 10, 2003, 08:58:50 AM »

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=501&u=/ap/20030909/ap_on_en_mu/downloading_music_11&printer=1

Fishu · « **Reply #1 on:** September 10, 2003, 09:20:16 AM »

That was settled somewhat fast and "cheap" for being a "major distributer" or whatever

Still.... quite silly.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #2 on:** September 10, 2003, 09:23:59 AM »

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Originally posted by Fishu
That was settled somewhat fast and "cheap" for being a "major distributer" or whatever

Still.... quite silly.

I'm thinking that this case creates the breach in the wall..giving those who take it to court having less of a chance to win their cases as defendants.

Gadfly · « **Reply #3 on:** September 10, 2003, 10:23:24 AM »

She had 1000 songs she was sharing-not exactly a newbie to the game.

vorticon · « **Reply #4 on:** September 10, 2003, 10:28:14 AM »

so they ended up settling for $2 a song...seems fair enough to me...

midnight Target · « **Reply #5 on:** September 10, 2003, 10:38:31 AM »

dammit... I'm gonna owe over $24

Dowding · « **Reply #6 on:** September 10, 2003, 10:43:12 AM »

So she settled out of court in a criminal trial?

What a wonderful system you have...

...unless it happened not to be a criminal trial, in which case the title of 'thief' is completely erroneous.

SOB · « **Reply #7 on:** September 10, 2003, 10:44:10 AM »

It was a civil lawsuit.

SOB

Mini D · « **Reply #8 on:** September 10, 2003, 10:50:41 AM »

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Originally posted by Dowding
...unless it happened not to be a criminal trial, in which case the title of 'thief' is completely erroneous.

Actually, this is completely incorrect.

"Thief" can be aplied in this situation, it's just a matter of what penalties are associated and how it is persued.

MiniD

Roscoroo(work) · « **Reply #9 on:** September 10, 2003, 11:20:49 AM »

that Girls Mother did that totally wrong ..... they should of gotten a lawyer and let it go up thru the court system....
(different laws apply to a minor ect)

so the sleazy Riaa scares its 1st victim into an outta court settlement .

its the record industry's own fault anyhow ... hell they charge outrageous prices .... they knew the cd format media was gonna get copied ... they had there chance to set up a file sharing network (and were told to do so many times)

now they resort to 12 year olds and scare tactics...wow im impressed....

I think i'll go dl music from a international source... muhahahahaa
(now were's my ftp program )

Dowding · « **Reply #10 on:** September 10, 2003, 11:25:32 AM »

I know it was a civil lawsuit... I was being sarcastic.

If it was theft then criminal proceedings would surely be pursued - civil proceedings might come in addition to that.

Breach of copyright and theft are two entirely different things.

This is an important distinction... the girl's future ability to board planes in the US is at stake.

SOB · « **Reply #11 on:** September 10, 2003, 11:35:51 AM »

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Originally posted by Dowding
This is an important distinction... the girl's future ability to board planes in the US is at stake.

LOL

She is a thief though. Whether the law defines it a such or not is another matter. She took something without paying for it, and is therefor a thief. Trust me, I'm a thief too, I know.

SOB
...who refuses to pay for any song from 80s hair bands.