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Originally Posted by CrkMStanz
Excellent news...
hope they pay
not only because its the right thing to do
but...
it will legitimize this proactive assult and penalty vs. the pirates. 
and the industry will pay just to get the legal precedent.
60 billion is chump change compared to what they will reap after the 'investment in legal precedence'
thanx giddyboy |
giving up doesn't create a legal precedent, that overrights peoples rights who choose to fight for them.
remember unlike everyone who is sharing content without profit directly from it (every file sharer) the record companies were SELLING the artists songs without permission.
that difference alone will prevent it from being a precedent in their favor.
It interesting because if they don't completely roll over, any arguement that it is to difficult to find the copyright holder to pay them IS going to be a legal precedent that every torrent site can use to justify their current model.