Article from CyberNet:
I havent been able to find information on the largest lawsuit in
history but Im sure this one is right up at the top. The RIAA
(yes, I was just as shocked as you ) is suing the website AllofMP3.com on behalf of
EMI, Sony BMG, Universal Music, and Warner Music in the amount of
$150,000 for each of the 11 million songs that were downloaded from
June to October of 2006. That comes to a lawsuit totaling $1.65
trillion!
For those of you who have been hibernating for the last few months
Ill give you a quick run down on the excitement that AllofMP3.com
has had. They are a Russian music website that operates legally in
Russia but it is deemed illegal in other countries, such as the
United States, because they dont pay royalties to the artists. The
RIAA continues to do everything in their power to shutdown the site
but their attempts fail one after another. The United States even
went as far as blocking Russias entrance into the World Trade
Organization (WTO) until they shutdown the site.
I find this whole situation to be pretty amusing and love hearing
about all of the new threats that continue to evolve. Oh yeah, and
if you havent joined AllofMP3.com or you need to add more money to
your account theyll give you a 20% bonus (until January 14, 2007).
So there has never been a better time to get your music from a
Russian site!
