Who will be the next example?

I don’t think that I am alone when I say that I truly feel for Jammie Thomas. She is being punished for something that almost everyone does and it’s just not fair. Why the RIAA felt the need to fine her $222,000 which is about $9,250 per song can only be chalked up to one simple factor, greed. This is not a matter of wrong or right. It is one of ugly, avarice.

Jammie Thomas is a single mother of two who makes about $36,000 a year. Where in the hell is she supposed to obtain the funds for this ludicrous lawsuit? The RIAA doesn’t need the money that is for certain. Ms. Thomas is just one of the few that is being made an example of, which is really unfortunate for her as well as her children, who will no doubt suffer a great deal from this.
When dealing with the sticky subject of downloading music you have to ask yourself this: "Is what I’m doing really wrong." It is one of the many moral dilemmas where you are wrong in the eyes of the law but not necessarily wrong in the bigger picture. Who suffers from downloading music and file sharing? The record labels? The artists? If you think that artists are suffering because people are downloading their music instead of buying their c.d. you are wrong. Artists make a majority of their money through merchandise, touring, and endorsements not through their stupid c.d.s anyway. I really don’t think that any of these people’s children are going to go hungry because too many people are illegally downloading their music. Maybe their dogs will just have to wait until next year to get that second $8,000 dog house. Boo-hoo life is rough sometimes.

As for the record labels represented by the RIAA most of you misrepresent your clients anyway and take more than your fair share of their hard earned profits. The money that you will suck out of the pockets of average people who make a modest income, is probably the equivalent to the change found in the bottom of your expensive, luxury cars. You should be ashamed of your greediness. Music is for everyone to enjoy and sue whomever you like, we will find a way to listen.