Music

[LOL] Limewire Sued By RIAA For More Money Than Exists In The World’s GDP

Published

12 years ago

May 25, 2012

Alright RIAA, we get it. You’re pissed that you didn’t rein in illegal downloading when it began and it spiraled out of control faster than a 16-year old who gets invited to a college party. But sometimes your attempts to frighten people become more comedic than intimidating. Case in point: the RIAA is attempting to sue the defunct group responsible for the peer-to-peer software Limewire for 11,000 songs that were identified as being shared via their service. They also claim that they want to be compensated not for each song but rather for each download. The amount they are looking for? A cool $72 TRILLION DOLLARS! According to NME, this is more than the Gross Domestic Product OF THE ENTIRE WORLD! Keep in mind that that the GDP is not the same as actual cash, but it’s one hell of an indicator of just how ridiculous this situation is.

The judge that is presiding over this case has dismissed that number stating that the RIAA is due compensation per song and not per download. The cost for that would amount to $1.65 billion dollars ($150,000 per song x 11,000 songs). While a HUGE markdown from the original $72 trillion, that’s still not pocket change.

What do you think readers? Limewire shutdown in October 2010, so is this even worth pursuing?

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Music

“He Walks By Night” – Listen to a Brand New John Carpenter Song NOW!

Published

1 week ago

April 9, 2024

John Squires

It’s a new day, and you’ve got new John Carpenter to listen to. John Carpenter, Daniel Davies and Cody Carpenter have released the new track He Walks By Night this morning, the second single off their upcoming album Lost Themes IV: Noir, out May 3 on Sacred Bones Records.

Lost Themes IV: Noir is the latest installment in a series that sees Carpenter releasing new music for John Carpenter movies that don’t actually exist. The first Lost Themes was released in 2015, followed by Lost Themes II in 2016 and Lost Themes III: Alive After Death in 2021.

Sacred Bones previews, “It’s been a decade since John Carpenter recorded the material that would become Lost Themes, his debut album of non-film music and the opening salvo in one of Hollywood’s great second acts. Those vibrant, synth-driven songs, made in collaboration with his son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies, kickstarted a musical renaissance for the pioneering composer and director. With Lost Themes IV: Noir, they’ve struck gold again, this time mining the rich history of the film noir genre for inspiration.

“Since the first Lost Themes, John has referred to these compositions as “soundtracks for the movies in your mind.” On the fourth installment in the series, those movies are noirs. Like the film genre they were influenced by, what makes these songs “noirish” is sometimes slippery and hard to define, and not merely reducible to a collection of tropes. The scores for the great American noir pictures were largely orchestral, while the Carpenters and Davies work off a sturdy synth-and-guitar backbone.

“The trio’s free-flowing chemistry means Lost Themes IV: Noir runs like a well-oiled machine—the 1951 Jaguar XK120 Roadster from Kiss Me Deadly, perhaps, or the 1958 Plymouth Fury from John’s own Christine. It’s a chemistry that’s helped power one of the most productive stretches of John’s creative life, and Noir proves that it’s nowhere near done yielding brilliant results.”

You can pre-save Lost Themes IV: Noir right now! And listen to the new track below…