{"id":933,"date":"2009-06-19T13:33:46","date_gmt":"2009-06-19T18:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/?p=933"},"modified":"2009-06-19T13:35:11","modified_gmt":"2009-06-19T18:35:11","slug":"digital-rights-mafia-win-major-court-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/digital-rights-mafia-win-major-court-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Rights Mafia win major court victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Digital Rights Mafia (RIAA and their ilk) won <a href=\"http:\/\/recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com\/2009\/06\/jury-awards-plaintiffs-192000000-in.html\">a major court victory<\/a> yesterday: the jury awarded the plaintiffs $1,920,000.00, or $80,000.00 per song. $80,000 <b>per song<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>One more time: <b>$80,000 PER SONG<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>A <em>jury<\/em> did this. What the hell is wrong with people? What the hell is wrong with our justice system? When will our elected representatives stop twisting our legal system into pretzels for the benefit of the Digital Rights Mafia and the media robber barons?<\/p>\n<p>One thing is certain: <a href=\"http:\/\/fija.org\/\">juries need to be better educated<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Digital Rights Mafia (RIAA and their ilk) won a major court victory yesterday: the jury awarded the plaintiffs $1,920,000.00, or $80,000.00 per song. $80,000 per song. One more time: $80,000 PER SONG. A jury did this. What the hell is wrong with people? What the hell is wrong with our justice system? When will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-intellectual-property","category-music"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Digital Rights Mafia win major court victory - Blackmoor Vituperative<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/digital-rights-mafia-win-major-court-victory\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Digital Rights Mafia win major court victory - Blackmoor Vituperative\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Digital Rights Mafia (RIAA and their ilk) won a major court victory yesterday: the jury awarded the plaintiffs $1,920,000.00, or $80,000.00 per song. $80,000 per song. 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