Extortion or Legal Terrorism? RIAA Trial is egg in your face

I do know that there are certain things which should not be done like downloading music illegally but it is easier said than done. What if you are caught downloading music say 22 songs which you could have bought it for 30$ but decided that it was easy to download than go and spend 30$ on something called music.

The download hurt the music industry and artist in particular. Agreed. But what about the extortionist method of charging 5$ for a piece of 1 cents. Doesn't it come under extortion? Where is the law protecting common man in this case. I guess no one even approached for this matter.

So a poor lady caught downloading 22 songs was fined to pay $2 million fee. Under the Copyright Act, juries can award damages of up to $150,000 per pilfered track. About $3,500 was the average payment in the thousands of RIAA cases that settled out of court.

So do you wanna know $2 million playlist? here they are

• Guns N Roses "Welcome to the Jungle"; "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"; "Rhythm is Gonna Get You"
• Goo Goo Dolls "Iris"
• Journey "Faithfully"; "Don’t Stop Believing"
• Sara McLachlan "Possession"; "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"; "Different People"
• Sheryl Crow "Run Baby Run"
• Richard Marx "Now and Forever"
• Destiny’s Child "Bills, Bills, Bills"
• Green Day "Basket Case"

I don't what will happen to people out there downloading music at the moment but I am sure there will be few more determined people to rob these music terrorist company in future.

My advise: Welcome to Jungle

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