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Richey79 · 11-03-2011, 06:37 PM

The fine was reduced to $54,000 on appeal.

The RIAA have filed an appeal to try to fiddle with the wording of what she's accused of having done and raise the fine back up to 'silly-money' levels.

None of which really matters, when she doesn't have the assets to pay anywhere near the $54,000 in the first place.

You wouldn't think the publishing industry would want to follow the lead of the music industry and ape their tactics of ten years ago. Do the book people really look at the current position of the music people and think, 'that's where we'd like to be in a decade's time'?

All we need now is for the Simon Cowell of literature to make himself known.

11-03-2011, 06:37 PM	#83
Richey79 mrkrgnao Posts: 241 Karma: 237248 Join Date: May 2010 Device: PRS650, K3 Wireless, Galaxy S3, iPad 3.	The fine was reduced to $54,000 on appeal. The RIAA have filed an appeal to try to fiddle with the wording of what she's accused of having done and raise the fine back up to 'silly-money' levels. None of which really matters, when she doesn't have the assets to pay anywhere near the $54,000 in the first place. You wouldn't think the publishing industry would want to follow the lead of the music industry and ape their tactics of ten years ago. Do the book people really look at the current position of the music people and think, 'that's where we'd like to be in a decade's time'? All we need now is for the Simon Cowell of literature to make himself known.