The answer is simple - all of us in the office have decided that no more Vivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony BMG products will be purchased. Lets do the maths - 43 staff spending maybe $16.00 per month on CD's comes to $8,256.00 less the $8,000.00 from the fine. Brilliant a $256.00 loss, now multiply this with all the offices in the 12 story building.

This is why I sell my music independently on the internet. To avoid becoming a slave to the MAFIAA.

how low the low can go

its the most appauling and disgusting disgrace of justice and default judgment i have ever heard, its as thought the judge didnt have any information or a care for the poor woman but typical of most people like that, they cant see past their own cash balances

Eh? Default judgement? Isn't the law supposed to prove guilt or something like that, rather than prove innocence? Said the sadly innocent / nieve...