Obama admin. says $675,000 is an appropriate punishment for sharing 30 songs

[markpkessinger]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/04/07/obama-admin-675000-is-an-appropriate-punishment-for-sharing-30-songs/

From the same administration that refuses to prosecute war crimes, goes after those who expose war crimes with unprecedented zeal, and has yet to indict a single Wall Street titan for fraud, we get this. Tell me again how this President is seen as a friend of the average American citizen.

[bullwinkle428]

1. If the "music thief" painted himself orange, called himself a Republican,

and started crying, the Obama administration would have AWARDED him $675,000.

[WCGreen]

2. Good one!

[FLAprogressive]

3. IT'S CONGRESS'S FAULT!!1111ONE!1ONE

[Logical]

4. The RIAA is out of control! n-t

[markpkessinger]

5. That much is a given...

But what shouldn't be a given is the Administration doing the RIAA's bidding.

[Logical]

6. I 100% agree. n-t

[bluethruandthru]

7. K&R

Sometimes my disappointment in this administration is just overwhelming.

[frylock]

8. kick

[kenny blankenship]

9. If that's true the average college student just got ~$1.8 million added to their debt @ graduation.

They will be working a long time to pay that off. Probably straight through up to the time they have kids kids themselves and acquire liability for their kids' K-thru-12 debts to the RIAA.

[Hannah Bell]

10. i wish obama would go back to hawaii. seriously, i'm sick of this phony shit.

hope & change, my ass.

[uponit7771]

14. Knee jerk much?

[MineralMan]

15. -100 (nt)

[Hassin Bin Sober]

16. Plus 101 nyuk nyuk.

[Wilms]

11. Obama picks RIAA's favorite lawyer for a top Justice post

snip

As president-elect, one of Obama's first tech-related decisions has been to select the Recording Industry Association of America's favorite lawyer to be the third in command at the Justice Department. And Obama's pick as deputy attorney general, the second most senior position, is the lawyer who oversaw the defense of the Copyright Term Extension Act--the same law that Lessig and his allies unsuccessfully sued to overturn.

snip

During his confirmation hearing, it will be instructive to see if senators ask whether his zealous anti-file sharing advocacy can make him an objective civil servant--especially when these same politicians want the Justice Department to sue peer-to-peer pirates at taxpayer's expense. (Then again, if that proposal becomes law, Perrelli's surely the right man for the job.)

snip

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10133425-38.html

[reggie the dog]

12. was it this risky back in the 80's when we recorded songs from radio

on tapes to listen to in our cars and shared those tapes with our friends? my dead bootleg jam sessions are they as risky? this reminds me of why i didnt like metallica, in fact i dont like them again now just thinking about napster....

[Norrin Radd]

13. People just swap thumbdrives now. Can't track that.