Limewire Being Sued For 75 Trillion

DarthVain writes "13 record companies are trying to sue Limewire for $75 Trillion. The NYC judge in the case thinks it is 'absurd'. Its almost like these media companies are their worst enemy trying to make themselves look ridiculous. From the article: "The record companies, which had demanded damages ranging from $400 billion to $75 trillion, had argued that Section 504(c)(1) of the Copyright Act provided for damages for each instance of infringement where two or more parties were liable. For a popular site like Lime Wire, which had thousands of users and millions of downloads, Wood held that the damage award would be staggering under this interpretation. 'If plaintiffs were able to pursue a statutory damage theory predicated on the number of direct infringers per work, defendants' damages could reach into the trillions,' she wrote. 'As defendants note, plaintiffs are suggesting an award that is more money than the entire music recording industry has made since Edison's invention of the phonograph in 1877.'"

Yeah....

[Mongoose Disciple]

I'm sure that stone will start producing blood any time now. Lots and lots of blood.

75 trillion

[Anonymous Coward]

TROLOLOOLOLOL.

maybe they'll settle

[bugs2squash]

for only 40 Trillion

the court should reply:

[Thud457]

There aren't seventy five trillion dollars. Now go away until you have a reasonable grievance.

Dr. Evil would be proud....

[WoodburyMan]

Dr. Evil would be proud...

I'll go ahead and cover this one.

[FSWKU]

I assume THIS [wikimedia.org] will suffice for payment? I do, however, expect them to return the proper amount of change to me. If they are not able to handle denominations this large, then I will assume the debt to be null and void as it has been proven the funds are available, but they are refusing to take the money.

Re:maybe they'll settle

[MrEricSir]

Then, out of the goodness of their hearts, the RIAA will use that money to pay the national debt.

Is That More Than a Brazillion?

[theodp]

Donald Rumsfeld is giving the president his daily briefing. He concludes by saying: "Yesterday, 3 Brazilian soldiers were killed." "OH NO!" the President exclaims. "That's terrible!" His staff sits stunned at this display of emotion, nervously watching as the President sits, head in hands. Finally, the President looks up and asks, "How many is a brazillion?"

Re:75 trillion

[zill]

Stop being so pessimistic. This is a very good thing if you look at it from a different perspective: "RIAA doubled mankind's GDP with a single lawsuit"

Re:PR Stunt

[swanzilla]

They Canadian record companies owe trillions of dollars.

I'd consider the score settled if they took back Celine Dion and Beiber.

Re:$75 Trillion

[Lanteran]

...and we will sue limewire for.. *raises pinky to lip* 75 trillion dollars!

Limewire execs: *much laughing* hahahaha, it's 2011, that amount of money doesn't even exist!

*RIAA exec gestures to cut off transmission*

Well, shit...

*reopens transmission*

We don't care.

Re:PR Stunt

[Anonymous Coward]

Okay, I have to ask. What's the deal with this Bieber kid and why do people hate him so much?

1) Manufactured pop star.
2) Incredibly fake-sounding music.
3) The "rush to stardom at an early age and cash in" mindset the recording industry has adopted recently.
4) Basic human dignity; taken from an entirely humanitarian aspect, we've all seen what this has done to other early-age manufactured pop stars (i.e. Britany Spears), so people with a concern for human life at its basest sense are appalled.
5) We hate the ear-grating sound of large groups of prepubescent girls shrieking like banshees continuously until they collapse from exhaustion or self-induced asphyxiation.
6) Look at him! Just look at him already! We grew up as nerds and social outcasts, and we all agree that's just the sort of face WE would punch in!