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pcernie
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 The 13 record companies currently suing peer-to-peer filesharing service Limewire have estimated that the company owes them between $400 billion and $75 trillion. That top amount is comes in at £46,650,361,440,306.00 but hey, it's such an unfathomable amount of money that it barely warrants converting. We can't help but picture Dr Evil proudly demanding "One hundred billion dollars!" of in order not to blast the world with his "lay-ser" from his "death star" (air quotes). Absurd Dr Evil was laughed out of town and so, thankfully, were the record companies – Judge Kimba Wood, who is hearing the case, called the request "absurd". "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'," she wrote. The outlandish figure was reached because the record companies want compensation for each time a song was shared and re-shared by Limewire users; Judge Wood has now concluded that Limewire can only be fined a single statutory fee per work infringed. Via CrunchGear http://www.techradar.com/news/audio/lim ... try-938344   _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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cloaked_wolf
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Flippin' retards. I hope those bloodsuckers die a horrible death.  _________________ He fights for the users.
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Amnesia10
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It is as a figure on a scale that approaches the entire worlds GDP. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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james016
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I'd love to see them prove they have lost $75 trillion because of Limewire.
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Amnesia10
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Its the think of a number solution. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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james016
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Then triple it and add 9? _________________My Flickr PageNow with added ball and chain.
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Amnesia10
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_________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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hifidelity2
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So if they are saying that before downloading became main stream they were making that sort of money they were not declairing it - if I was the authorities I would be asking for back taxes on say $50 trillion
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big_D
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The tax would probably bail out the US economy...
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Amnesia10
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It would bail out the world economy.  _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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hifidelity2
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And given that this was my idea I think a 1% finders fee is only reasonable 
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Amnesia10
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You do realise that we still have 50% income tax in the UK?  _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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hifidelity2
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hmm lets see
Assuming that as they are American then a billion is a thousand million
Is a Trillion a thousand Billion ?
If so a trillion is 10^12
So 1% is 10^10
So I will have to pay 25 x 10^10 in tax which I think should single handily pay off the national debt and I get left with a mere $25 x 10^10
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Amnesia10
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Yes but do you honestly think that our politicians will use that windfall wisely? _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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hifidelity2
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Who cares I have $25x10^10 under the mattress
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