I feel for this lady, but let's be honest here. KaZaA doesn't just magically show up on somebody's computer without their knowledge. Furthermore, 24 copywrited songs don't download themselves. Sure, the kids could've done it (or the pesky neighbors, or the cat), but it was her responsibility to keep an eye on what they were doing. Also, what most people forget is this lady more-than-likely could've settled out of court for a fraction of what she's stuck with now, but chose to fight a losing battle. I hope she appeals this, though, as $220,000 is a ridiculous amount of money for about 2 albums' worth of songs.
After appealing and most likely having the verdict overturned, she should countersue to the tune of however much she overspent on all the albums she DID buy. Last I checked a cd isn't worth the same and/or more than a new release special edition DVD. So with a cd costing about 20 bucks from the store and being worth about 4 thats at least a couple hundred dollars depending on the size of her collection...
“An engineer explained to us that hundreds of ear impressions were gathered in the name of research, and while each one obviously boasted its own unique shape and size, one single characteristic remained uniform across the board: the entrance into the ear canal is not a perfect circle, it's an oval.”
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lol, antiemo.
Off topic, I found ot how to write in japanese on my macbook! はじみまして！
バカです。
Wow, i just discovered i have japanese fonts installed! Thanks!
I feel for this lady, but let's be honest here. KaZaA doesn't just magically show up on somebody's computer without their knowledge. Furthermore, 24 copywrited songs don't download themselves. Sure, the kids could've done it (or the pesky neighbors, or the cat), but it was her responsibility to keep an eye on what they were doing. Also, what most people forget is this lady more-than-likely could've settled out of court for a fraction of what she's stuck with now, but chose to fight a losing battle. I hope she appeals this, though, as $220,000 is a ridiculous amount of money for about 2 albums' worth of songs.
After appealing and most likely having the verdict overturned, she should countersue to the tune of however much she overspent on all the albums she DID buy. Last I checked a cd isn't worth the same and/or more than a new release special edition DVD. So with a cd costing about 20 bucks from the store and being worth about 4 thats at least a couple hundred dollars depending on the size of her collection...