Playlist of the century!
Posted Friday, October 5th 2007
From Wired:
Cash money plays for just 222,000 beans. That’s right. Just $222,000 to score 24 tracks of da bomb tunes.
iTunes is lame. The killer stuff is here via the Kazaa file-sharing network. Hurry while endless supplies last! Get in line behind Jammie Thomas, of Brainerd, Minnesota, the first customer to get on board.
The fee is nominal. It’s how much a federal jury here on Thursday ordered Thomas, a 30-year-old single mother of two, to pay for the “Playlist of the Century.”
Thomas mistakenly thought she got the tracks free in 2005 on the Kazaa file-sharing program. The Recording Industry Association of America decried Thomas as a thief and sued her. The RIAA won in the nation’s first copyright pirating case to go to a federal jury — the internet “Trial of the Century.”
The RIAA expects more lawsuits following the 20,000-plus cases it has lodged. Most have settled for a few thousand dollars, while others are pending or have been dismissed.
Here’s that $222,000 epic playlist, in no particular order. Sweetness is among us. It’s not?
*Guns N Roses “Welcome to the Jungle” and “November Rain.” *Vanessa Williams “Save the Best for Last.” *Janet Jackson “Let’s What Awhile.” *Gloria Estefan “Here We Are,” “Coming Out of the Heart” and “Rhythm is Gonna Get You.” *Goo Goo Dolls “Iris.” *Journey “Faithfully” and “Don’t Stop Believing.” *Sara McLachlan “Possession” and “Building a Mystery.” *Aerosmith “Cryin’ ” *Linkin Park “One Step Closer.” *Def Leppard “Pour Some Sugar on Me.” *Reba McEntire “One Honest Heart.” *Bryan Adams “Somebody.” *No Doubt “Bathwater,” “Hella Good” and “Different People.” *Sheryl Crow “Run Baby Run.” *Richard Marx “Now and Forever.” *Destiny’s Child “Bills, Bills, Bills.” *Green Day “Basket Case.”
Basically - Woman downloads 24 songs off Kazaa back in 2005. The
RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America, or as I lovingly refer to them - the assholes of the earth) sue the woman, and she gets penalized $9250 per song, or exactly $222.000 total. That’s
batshit fucking insane.
Stop the world. I want to get off.
Also, a great summary of what’s wrong with the recording industry. Well worth the read.
