Plaintff in RIAA suit continues to download music

**Jorge** · January 26th, 2006, 12:54 PM

Justin Reynolds, one of the first consumers ever sued by the music industry, said he felt betrayed by the bands he once loved. Reynolds was forced to pay $4,000 as part of a settlement agreement with the RIAA.

“This really affected my attitude towards music,” said Reynolds, who continues to download music and refuses to buy any more CDs.

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**mountain_rage** · January 26th, 2006, 12:57 PM

Its nice when there are people that this that no matter what keep on fighting the good fight. The more people the riaa sue the more people they will have against them.

**Jorge** · January 26th, 2006, 02:02 PM

downloading=discovery

**MrEricSir** · January 26th, 2006, 02:55 PM

Right on. It's the customer's who's in charge, we can't stop until the industry understands we're their ONLY valuable asset.

**mcovey** · January 26th, 2006, 03:00 PM

I'm with him. I'm not paying for music ever again, as I'm not about to stop downloading an "you can click but you cant hide" ... im sure to pay for it sometime soon..

**VAMPYRE BLADE** · January 26th, 2006, 04:28 PM

I give him a ton of respect, few people would be so brave as to annouce they are still downloading music after being sued.

**Signa** · January 26th, 2006, 04:30 PM

honestly, i dont think i would stop downloading if i got sued too. downloading is somewhat of an addiction with me.

**Pathtek24** · January 26th, 2006, 06:52 PM

^^Yeah, I thought for the longest time I was an addicted to downloading. Until I ran out of disc space on my laptop. I'm still trying to burn it all, but I cant keep up with myself..

**kokanezub** · January 26th, 2006, 07:16 PM

if i was offerd a service like audio galaxy satillite and download files remotly and a huge selection, its legal and a resnable price per month, i would be on top of it,and then movies too? wow id love that and id move till then im on the free stuff

**Jau_Peacecraft** · January 26th, 2006, 08:54 PM

They're not gonna challenge him again, the RIAA are spineless, ancestrial capaitalist dinosaurs. No one wants to pay for YOUR music anymore, RIAA, because most of it sucks, and whatever is good or is at best mediocre, is ridiculously overpriced. I'll probably pay well over $200 a year even though I download, to cover for blank discs, paying for material from independant artists on the net making GOOD music, and seeing live events of many of those artists.

.begin hypothetical
I'd rather fund Joe Blow down the street who dosen't want to go back to his squat in philly and is so desperate he manages to mash up ragtime blues with japanese hardcorem, works on theat siht night and day making it sound GOOD and with my money gets better equipment and possibly money for food and when others chip in, hey, he might have a fucking dinky studio apartment and somehow gets back into college.
.end hypothetical

yeah, I wish the guilt trip worked on the RIAA, but they have to have a soul for that to work.

**Burd** · January 27th, 2006, 08:22 AM

Damn straight! Keep downloading until you've gotten your $4000 back and then some. I feel betrayed too. And, I've been a "fan" a lot longer. I used to buy 45's with the big holes in the middle when I was a kid. I also taped a lot of songs off of the radio and gave them to my friends. They did the same for me. The record companies didn't try to sue us then. Now, because of changes in technology, it's easier to share...but it's no longer sharing, it's "illegal distribution." I haven't bought a CD in three years, and--thanks to the RIAA--I never will again. I haven't gone to a concert given by a signed band in two years, and--thanks to the RIAA--I never will again. The recording industry might say, "Who cares? He's only one person." But, I have a feeling that I am not the only one.

**nobodaddy** · January 27th, 2006, 10:33 AM

hi zp,

I just want to point out that if he got sued, he's not the plaintiff.

**MorphineInduced** · January 27th, 2006, 08:23 PM

i would compare the RIAA to the oil companies ...... they just trying to bide there time and squeeze out to the last cents........ but in all , they cant stop what is to come.... though if they tried to put more effort in scamming the mass population instead of trying to do what they have been then im sure they would have a better advantage in the days to come.....