1.9 Million dollars for 24 songs.

[CaptainQuartz]

Good God our Criminal Justice system is retarded.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/18/minn esota.music.download.fine/index.html

[MexicanGun]

They actually enforce anti-piracy?

Whoa.

[OneWordName]

80k per song?

Because the crime is so serious.

[Ozcar]

lol

That's what happens when you use P2P...there are always better things and ways to download songs these days without legal problems...

Sucks to live in Minnesota!

[JakJak478]

damn I can't imagine how much a 60$ game must be if you get caught sheisse!

[Ozcar]

At 6/18/09 10:26 PM, OneWordName wrote: Because the crime is so serious.

It seems it's way worse than rape...and even murder....

[Friskies]

Holy beaver.
They decided to convict a mother of 4?
Assholes.

[OneWordName]

At 6/18/09 10:28 PM, Ozcar wrote: It seems it's way worse than rape...and even murder....

Good thing they have their priorities sorted out.

God, what would we be without out wonderful legal system?

[esko-man]

You realize this story is from 2006?

[Laughingbox]

At 6/18/09 10:27 PM, SlashFirestorm wrote: Good to know they caught all the murderers and rapists! Because they must have, if they have the time to do stuff like this! :-D

Well said, good sir! Excellent use of self-copypasta!

[Randy74]

This is why I don't illegally download music :P

[Cordyceps]

Apparently, downloading songs is worse than removing a man's penis.

[Armerad]

Why didn't she just magnetize her computer, and say that she used a CD for it?

[MilesofMachines]

$80,000 dollars a SONG?! 0.0 What happened to the American Justice system?! This is not justice at all.

[GiantDouche]

That's what she gets for listening to Linkin Park.

[FloppyPlops]

Crap if you charge her a million for downloading songs then charge everyone ****ing america for downloading songs becuase almost everyone I know downloads music with limewire or other programs.

[EvilJesus]

At 6/19/09 10:24 PM, FloppyPlops wrote: Crap if you charge her a million for downloading songs then charge everyone ****ing america for downloading songs becuase almost everyone I know downloads music with limewire or other programs.

I'm up for that, luckily I don't live in America so have fun.

[LivinInTheSunlight]

At 6/18/09 10:30 PM, Friskies wrote: They decided to convict a mother of 4?

She murdered someone?
Oh no, you can't charge her, she has 218 children to feed.
Oh, okay, let her go.

Granted...it was music P2Ping...

But you know you are not supposed to, not allowed to do that shit. No excuse.

Although the punishment is a bit steep...$1.9M...come on, they're $0.99. WELL PERHAPS THE WOMAN SHOULD HAVE JUST PAID 24 BUCKS INSTEAD OF PIRATING?

But considering she might've been poor...

THEN SHE SHOULD HAVE SPENT TIME AT WORK TO FEED HER KIDS

I feel like I have multiple personality disorder

[DiaLady]

At 6/18/09 10:28 PM, Ozcar wrote: It seems it's way worse than rape...and even murder....

Ehhh, I'm pretty sure we've sentenced murders and rapists to death, but I don't know if any case of music piracy has resulted in that yet.

[Megore]

80k a song thats crazy.

[Sensationalism]

That's fucking ridiculous.

I don't even want to think about how much I would owe.

I have NEVER stolen music

They're watching. D:

[CalumnJohnston]

At 6/18/09 10:36 PM, Randy74 wrote: This is why I don't illegally download music :P

your basically doing this same as this woman, spending 1.9million on music... only she didnt want to

[FloppyPlops]

Aren't those rich record companies who produce the songs rich enough. I mean everybody downloads songs for free and they probably make more in a year than what a average person makes in a lifetime.

[zyzy]

I would ask for death penalty

[Makeshift]

How much would you get fined??

[AlkaSeltzer]

pfft, it is safe to assume that at least two of those justices or jury members have pirated at least once in their lives. It is just the age we live in.

[rome-lherison]

80 K a song. What the hell is wrong with the U.S. government

[ripoffhitman]

I would think doubling the amount of money, such as 24 songs = $48, but no. RIAA is full of greedy people regardless. It's not 80,000 times worse to steal a song then to buy it and have to pay for it. I havn't heard of any of those asses in NYC who bootleg music on the street, right in front of people, but some lady in her house with a family has to go to jail for an extremely long amount of time to make up for around 2 and a half albums worth of music.

[Fezz]

Betcha she was downloading Metallica.

[someone-else]

$1.9 M? Jesus, that's like an even worst fine than being found guilty of fraud and corruption.