Texsox Posted May 27, 2004 Share Posted May 27, 2004 Single mom overwhelmed by recording industry suit Tammy Lafky has a computer at home but said she doesn't use it. "I don't know how," the 41-year-old woman said, somewhat sheepishly. But her 15-year-old daughter, Cassandra, does. And what Cassandra may have done, like millions of other teenagers and adults around the world, landed Lafky in legal hot water this week that could cost her thousands of dollars. A record company attorney from Los Angeles contacted Lafky about a week ago, telling Lafky she could owe up to $540,000, but the companies would settle for $4,000. "I told her I don't have the money," Lafky said. "She told me to go talk to a lawyer and I told her I don't have no money to talk to a lawyer." Lafky said she clears $21,000 a year from her job and gets no child support. The record company is going to lose support when they strong arm a single mom because her 14 year old was downloading music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelasDaddy0427 Posted May 27, 2004 Share Posted May 27, 2004 Thats exactly why I will not let anyone install any of those programs on my computer. I'm paying on enough things as it is to have to worry about s*** like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSteve Posted May 28, 2004 Share Posted May 28, 2004 Single mom overwhelmed by recording industry suit The record company is going to lose support when they strong arm a single mom because her 14 year old was downloading music. That's a joke. What bulls***. Give the mom a break. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiff Posted May 28, 2004 Share Posted May 28, 2004 Where do they get $540,000 from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Showtime Posted May 28, 2004 Share Posted May 28, 2004 Where do they get $540,000 from? I guess they figure each song downloaded = one cd that contains said song. It's all bulls***. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Critic Posted May 28, 2004 Share Posted May 28, 2004 It will be a glorious glorious day when the s***head record companies start dropping like flies or swallowing each other up because people are tired of the garbage they put out. Major labels = s*** peddlers to the brainless mallrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelasDaddy0427 Posted May 28, 2004 Share Posted May 28, 2004 Nothing like being able to blame the greedy faceless corporation.... Personally I don't believe in people being able to download the songs for free because the artist who creates them can't do it if no one wants to put up the money to support them. The record companies have to have some way to recoup their money. However sueing a bunch of 14 year olds isn't going to stop anything as just as fast as they can sue them their are more 14 year olds to take their place. It's really a lose lose situation if you think about it :headshake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilMonkey Posted May 28, 2004 Share Posted May 28, 2004 Nothing like being able to blame the greedy faceless corporation.... Personally I don't believe in people being able to download the songs for free because the artist who creates them can't do it if no one wants to put up the money to support them. Aw, c'mon. I thought it was all about the music! And the sex and drugs! While I don't believe in illegal downloading, the music industry's claims of losses are vastly overstated. While some people who download songs turnaround and buy the actual albums, most people who download songs would never have purchased them. So claims of losses are a bit skewed, since the supposed 'sale' would never have happened. Back in the early days of computers (Commodore 64 anyone?) I had tons of games that were not quite legal. The only one I really liked, I went and purchased. The rest, I would never have played them if I had to pay for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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