RIAA Pushes For $1.5 Mil per Copied CD

Posted by on 2008/01/31

No you did not read that title line wrong. As part of the current PRO-IP Act being debated in the US Congress right now, the RIAA is pushing for a fine of $1.5 Million per copied CD that a potential “copyright infringer” would make. Basically this would mean being faced with this enormous and irrational fine every time you made a mix CD to enjoy with friends on a road trip. For more talk about this check out the article on Ars Technica And here I thought the US was against the government propping up companies and letting the market determine things. Do I smell NAFTA infringement? Do I smell irrational lunacy? All in all, along with the whole Guilani thing this is adding up to a right week of weird in digital rights.

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  • jevon

    This is just part of a wider thing that is going on right now in the US. The issue is even getting air time with other candidates. Check out the article here: http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/index.php?p=896 for more details.

  • jlancaster

    considering that CDs days are over. Who buys these things anyway? I think RIAA should be get involved with more pertinent copyright media issues, like Betamax, or VCR?

  • Anonymous

    Now we know where all our taxes actually go….CD sales…how sad :(