Comments on: Music industry wants cut of Pirate Bay sale

The pending sale of the file-sharing site has music industry types looking to collect the $3.6 million damages from a Swedish court case.

[Renegade Knight]

Sorry but Pirate Bay was somone elses IP. It's all the music industry can do to feed at it's own trough.

[Renegade Knight]

Read furhter in. Collecting on a judgment is another thing. Whoops.

[Pete Saman]

I read they were planning to pay with a Distributed Denial of Dollars attack:

http://www.blogpirate.org/2009/05/10/pirate-bay-founder-crafts-distributed-denial-of-dollars-attack/

[Havoc70]

I hope none of them ever see 1 red cent ! Long Live TPB

[Magicland]

The IFPI has every right to attempt to collect the money from the 4 individuals named in the lawsuit, at least if it is still owed at the culmination of the appeals process. Acquiring it from the owners of The Pirate Bay is another thing. The Pirate Bay's owners weren't found to be liable for anything, so not one cent of the sale money should possibly be touched by the IFPI.

[daves_done]

If you are harmed by an employee of a company while that employee is on the clock and @ work any lawyer will tell you to sue the company and not the employee. You go after the one with the "deeper pockets". However, if the verdict sites the 4 defendants by name and not TPB, then TPB could be off the hook.

[teh_chrizzle]

this has happened before. the guys who owned kazaa were found liable for millions so they spent a few years bouncing around europe, using shell corporations to hide from their collectors and building skype. then they sold skype to ebay for a billion dollars and used that money to pay off their lawsuits.

[The_Cinderz]

"Music industry wants cut", Music Industry = Greedy. Seems to me they did fine all those years past when people were recording the music from the radio stations on reel to reel or cassette to be played on our decks in our cars, or at a party. (oh what. you missed out on that?) Are you going to go back 40 plus years and grab money for that too? Oh and the song and dance about the artist not getting anything when people illegally download, it won't make any difference they don't get what they deserve now!. Corporation LIP SERVICE and 'oh poor us' is what they want to public to hear, but down the hall, it's an entirely different story.
Cheers!

[viper396]

Oh Please. It's a common and pathetic excuse to call anybody that makes more money then you greedy. You're just as greedy as the rest of us. The only different is you aren't as successful at it. When was the last time you walked into your job and told your boss you wanted a pay cut?

[Lerianis3]

viper396, it's pretty much CONSENSUS today that the RIAA, IFPI, etc. are greedy bastards....... what are you, a music industry shill?

Get real and realize that even with the very SMALL losses connected to piracy (when you use the PROPER methodology, which is to figure out if these people would even be able to buy the things in question LEGALLY in the first place), these guys are making more money that I will ever see in my lifetime, save if I rob a bank or hit the lotto!

[faceless128]

it's too bad they sued the guys who worked there and not the owners... NO SOUP FOR YOU!

[lucasgonze]

Greg, the IFPI only represents sound recording owners, not composers, performers, and the many other parts of the music industry. IFPI can't settle for the publishing companies, who will want their own pound of flesh down the road.

"Record industry wants cut" would have been a better headline than "Music industry."

[jtjt145]

Looks like the music industry (RIAA + MAFIIA and the likes) have already won the case against the people.

Ah well, like in many things, it gets worse first before it gets better.
In many countries there are already sprouting these Pirate Parties out of nowhere. So it appears there is hope and the people are waking up to the fact, that artists don't need (financial) protection for 3 generations after the event.

Who would expect a surgeon saving lives or an architect to be supported after the event for as long as our artists do?
The remuneration of artists plus the denial of reasonable use for the public these days are is getting pretty close to high-way-robbery!

I have got 2 kids downloading music and movies, and I support them happily!

Arthur

[ffmich01]

I totally sympathize with the RIAA position in this matter. I would also like to point out that I also want a cut of the sales. I belive a $1000000 sounds about right for my share..

[karpenterskids]

haha...*hi-five*!

Good one.

[StewBrennand]

The judge ordered 4 individual people to pay the fine, not TPB. Case closed.

[viper396]

You can split hairs and argue semantics all you want but the fact remains those 4 individuals own money. Any money they make is not theirs anymore. With a 3.6 billion dept those four will probable never work legitimate jobs again.

[Lerianis3]

viper396, a bankruptcy in Europe can EASILY get rid of that debt, and the IFPI by doing this just gave themselves ANOTHER black eye..... their left is starting to look pretty swollen, while the last one to the right.... went into their brain!

[troppp]

The music industry should be grateful anybody is even listening to music now. Their crap isn't even worth downloading.

[rocknroller2003]

R u Kidding me RIAA? I can't wait till your BS is challenged . You've already lost - Better rename yourselves to something else and change your image Pronto. Us artists (yeah I am one) will find ways around you and get to our fans without treating them the way you have been. Shame.

[themusicvoidcom]

Read the official exclusive with Wayne Rosso here: http://bit.ly/3tvT1g

[JohnQueuePublic]

I wouldn't give the recording industry leeches the cheese off of my scrotum sack.

[BillTheCat]

The sad thing is that even if the RIAA/IFPI get the money, not one dime will ever go to the artists. It all goes to the lawyer suits at these extortion cartels.