Comments on: Court: 14yo File-Sharing Cheerleader Not “Innocent Infringer”

By: BASiQ

BASiQ — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:50:26 +0000

Just one more example of the Fu*ked up state of our court systems, and the moronic judges who run them… Anyone know of ANY 14yo who has that kind of money? Also, she was a freaking minor, just drop the whole dam lawsuit you prick…

By: Anon

Anon — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:37:39 +0000

> Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals which has decided that those notifications – located on those CDs wherever they may have existed in the world

“As you will no doubt be aware, the plans for development of the outlying regions of the Galaxy require the building of a hyperspatial express route through your star system, and regrettably your planet is one of those scheduled for demolition. ….. What do you mean you’ve never been to Alpha Centauri? For heaven’s sake, mankind, it’s only four light-years away, you know. I’m sorry, but if you can’t be bothered to take an interest in local affairs that’s your own lookout. Energize the demolition beams.”

— The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.

By: Collector69

Collector69 — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:22:26 +0000

LOL KaZaA should be fined for using that !!

By: fonzbear2000

fonzbear2000 — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:19:26 +0000

Ya right! A 14 year old has that kind of money laying around! LOL!

By: Drew Wilson

Drew Wilson — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:26:31 +0000

The RIAA, thrilled by this victory, took 10 phonebooks from different parts of the country, handed it to their attack lawyers and said, “sue”.

By: GrandPa

GrandPa — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:14:55 +0000

am I missing something about this case???

Always thought 14yr-old’s were minors and not subject to adult law[s]…

By: Mountain_rage

Mountain_rage — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:17:30 +0000

This ruling essentially says that you can’t download any product from P2P unless you trust the source or otherwise risk getting sued for copyright infringement. It would also tell me that if I bought a product in a store thinking it was legitimate, and resold it, that would be copyright infringement on my part. That is what is so distorted in this case. The public should not have to verify the integrity of every internet user in the world to make sure they have the right to share a file. Only the original uploader of the content knows definitively that is it infringing, and only they should be able to be prosecuted.