Best New Tracks
- Volcano Choir: "Island, IS"
- Small Black: "Despicable Dogs"
- Destroyer: "Bay of Pigs"
- Raekwon: "House of Flying Daggers" [ft. Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, and ...
- Floating Points: "K&G Beat"
- The Big Pink: "Dominos"
- Gold Panda: "Quitters Raga"
- Yo La Tengo: "Here to Fall"
- John Talabot: "Sunshine"
- Joker: "Digidesign"
Friday, August 14
Justice Department Backs Crazy $1.92 Million RIAA Verdict
As much as we support the Obama administration, they certainly aren't perfect. And they sure aren't going to win any fans around here by supporting ridiculously outsized RIAA lawsuits.
Back in June, we reported that a Minnesota jury had awarded the jaw-dropping sum of $1.92 million to the trade organization following their lawsuit against a woman named Jammie Thomas-Rasset. Thomas-Rasset had committed the unforgivable crime of sharing 24 songs on Kazaa. She testified that either her two young sons or her boyfriend had probably done most of the downloading, but that didn't stop the RIAA from hitting her up for $80,000 per song.
As the Daily Online Examiner reports, the Justice Department thinks that's totally fair.