Originally Posted by Kevin Emmrich
Sorry Bill, that is a bunch of bullcrap.

I have had intellectual property stolen and I found out that unless you have a lot of money to begin with it is near impossible to get anything. ... and then if you do win, it is impossible to collect.

The only reason those RIAA folks got a judgement like this is that they are rich to begin with.

The only way I would ever even consider suing someone for copyright infringement is if I heard my song being played on the radio by a star making lots of money. Would I win -- those things are hard to predict. Not only do I have to prove copyright infringement, I have to prove access.

The bottom line -- we really don't have any protection under the copyright laws. The record companies might, but we don't.


Like I said, the only reason anyone is bitching is because the Big Labels are winning the suit.
The fact that you were not successful in recovering any damages has nothing to do with it.
Kevin, were hundreds of thousands of dollars involved in your case? Or was it such a small amount it wasn't worth the fight?

If it was hundreds of thousands and you were told to forget it I think you need to find a better lawyer.

And you are saying you would sue if you heard one of your songs on the radio by a big star?
What if you were the star and you were watching your song being downloaded and shared by thousands of users? What then? You would just say Oh well that's the breaks?
I doubt it.
But then you would be one of the big guys.

I doubt if John had a hit single that he was expecting to make Hundreds of thousands of dollars off of and suddenly it was on a file sharing network for free, and he was losing Hundreds of thousands, he would be on the phone to a lawyer.

Theft is theft and the law is the law. It should be punished.

Last edited by Bill Robinson; 05/31/12 06:34 PM.
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