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Richard Marx to the rescue: fighting back against the 1.92 million dollar download suit
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Last week, I expressed outrage over Jammie Thomas-Rasset's 1.92 million dollar fee for downloading (and sharing) 24 songs. However, as new details have emerged, the plot has thickened ever so slightly. It appears as if those 24 songs included such adult-contemporary ear syrup as Richard Marx's "Now and For Ever," the Goo Goo Dolls' "Iris,"and Bryan Adams' "Somebody." Now folks are wondering if 1.92 million dollars was enough. After all, any light rock station plays all those songs every single hour, all day, every day. Did Thomas-Rasset really need to hear them more than that? All jokes aside, $80,000 a song is still beyond outrageous, even if Thomas-Rasset had gone even further down the tubes and downloaded John Tesh songs. Now, Richard Marx (who has 1/24th claim to all this) has stepped out in defense of Thomas-Rasset.
In a statement, Marx wrote, "Her accountability itself is not in question, but this show of force posing as judicial come-uppance is clearly abusive. Ms. Thomas-Rasset, I think you got a raw deal, and I'm ashamed to have my name associated with this issue." It still remains to be seen whether or not Marx will donate 80k for the cause. Now if only Journey, Destiny's Child, Goo Goo Dolls, Bryan Adams, Def Leppard, Guns 'n Roses, Aerosmith, Sheryl Crow, Reba McEntire, Green Day, Linkin Park, No Doubt, Sarah McLaughlan and Gloria Estefan would follow Mr. Marx's brave example, the music consuming public may be able to stage a coup after all.
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