Michael Speck
Michael Speck
anyone artists business clear great illegal involved living loud message music online wants
It is a great day for artists and anyone who wants to make a living from music. The loud and clear message to anyone involved in the illegal online music business is to get out of it, get legal.
ask court damages music people reflect ripped value
We will ask the court when it comes to damages to reflect the value of the music these people ripped off.
cannot illegal message operators sending taking
It's about sending a message to illegal operators that they cannot get away with taking other people's work.
billion damages expect music order reflect several value
We want the damages order to reflect the value of the music that was distributed. We don't yet have a figure, but we expect it to be in the order of several billion dollars.
anyone great living wants
It is a great day for artists, it is a great day for anyone who wants to make a living from music.
against fight judgment music piracy
This judgment is one of the most important achievements in the fight against music piracy anywhere,
activity anyone business case facilitate harvest matter missed misuse point says solely technology
Anyone who says this was about the technology has missed the point of the case and the judgment. If you set up a business deliberately to harvest and facilitate infringing activity it doesn't matter what technology you use. This is solely about the misuse of technology.
billion claim damages given music ripped several value
Given the value of the music ripped off was several billion dollars, the damages claim will be substantial,
build business cannot creative decision others people stealing work
The court's decision confirms that people cannot build a business on stealing the creative work of others and profiting from it.
court either orders system
The court has made orders that will see the system either legitimized or disappear.