Michael Jackson and other artists sue The Pirate Bay

not fully The Pirate Bay fault it's easy blame album or a movie that crappy on piracy for not saling they need making something people want hear or watch plus they don't see the bigger problem like failing encomney in usa high gas prices etc all effects sales. i know there so rich so it don't effect them but people work for jobs don't make as much money as they do it effects them by not having enough money buy latest movie or cd etc

pirate bay is awesome. I still hope they make their own country. Id donate for the cause.

Lol, they ran out of money to pay for weed and booze, no one listens to their music anymore, so they have to do something! Even if they don't get a cent from TPB, they'll be on the news for a while...

"And hey Michael - do you want us to pay you in small kids maybe?"

What kind of disrespect is that? I hope he's a teenager so he wont be so embarrassed of himself... damn.

[sarcasm] I think michael from all people shoul sue them, if you analize deep enough, since the pirate bay is up he's life is going through the floor, so they should be the only responsible for this [/sarcasm]

hahaha yeah all dey want is weed money i think suing p2p sites is for those artist goin broke but i can see that piracy does effect them

Originally posted by jove:

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"And hey Michael - do you want us to pay you in small kids maybe?"

What kind of disrespect is that? I hope he's a teenager so he wont be so embarrassed of himself... damn.

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Just crazy.

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and the estate of Bob Marley

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A search engine is not illegal in sweden and its also not illegal to link to files hosted on someone else's computer.

The pirate bay is not located in the USA so their law does not apply.

@ Craftybox

copywrite is NOT there to protect the artists or composers its been implemented to screw over all, by the IFPI so they can steal all the revenue. READ THE LINK!

What the IFPI tries to conceal about its origins in fascist Italy

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Not so with the IFPI, the international lobby group of the record industry (closely affiliated with the RIAA). That their 75th anniversary takes place in 2008 is not only ignored by themselves. In fact, they actively try to conceal and suppress information about when and where they was founded. Copyriot today has the pleasure of telling the history that the IFPI does not want you to know – and of showing how they try to supress it.

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Lol, they ran out of money to pay for weed and booze, no one listens to their music anymore, so they have to do something!

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Nobrainer in every post:

blah blah blah i hate *insert company*
backs up hatred with article
then finishes with mentioning "anti-consumer"

Every single reply, its allllways the same and its so annyoing.

I agree with most of the posts here. A bunch of has beens, going for a little free publicity. They're doing just what the record company's are doing, if they can't get there customers to buy it, sue them. I might even buy CD's again, if I could get a CD with more than one good song, and a bunch of filler formula music.

@pensfan12
at least post something relating to the article dude, no one wants to hear your whining about other members posts.

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Originally posted by pensfan12:

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Nobrainer in every post:

blah blah blah i hate *insert company*
backs up hatred with article
then finishes with mentioning "anti-consumer"

Every single reply, its allllways the same and its so annyoing.

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Michael Jackson, Prince, the Village People, UB40 and the estate of Bob Marley

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It's not the end of society, but you can see it from here.

I think the article summed it up pretty nice in one statement...

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“The common thing for all of these artists of course is that no one listens to them anymore.”

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micheal jacksons skint so hes trying to get cash anywhere

wow this is truly rediculas, I think it's funny though, I would assume that these musicians have people that would represent them like......the RIAA maybe, but yet they are goin after TPB on their own, is maybe cause they have no faith in the RIAA anymore?? Didn't Micheal Jackson just release a new CD? Guess it's time to get in the media again and get his name out there, at least this time there's not child molestaion accusations to go along with it.
Oh ya he moved to anouther country or something. It's to bad so just beat it.
Prince......lol a joke did a superbowl and still can't get record, sales...... your time has passed it's not the 90's anymore.must be cring tears of purple rain. Time to go cry where her horses run free.
UB40 ummmmmm....... Been what a decade or more
The estate of Bob Marley......sad sad sad. Get off your butts and earn a living by doing something other than bunishing people that enjoy the music of the peoples property you take care of. If you took care of the estate instead of dwindleing away all his money you wouldn't care who was getting what for free. Look at Nirvana and Elvis, both dead, but still make money.
Sad sad sad

To those bashing Nobrainer,
Don't get mad at him for being passionate. He hates those companies and is boycotting them. He's actually doing something about it and not sitting back in his chair wondering what he can do ....Hes doing it. You all read the forums, agree that the RIAA, MPAA, IFPA, and the BPI are a bunch of money hungry putz' but yet you sit back and do nothing.
But when somebody does do something you tell him to drop it.
Grow a set.

well, i think the artist are just using this as excuse, they ant making music or much money right now and they just want to sue pirate bay because is easy and they dont have to do much work because everyone who works for the artist does it for them. If they win, they get some moey, if they dont, they be like whatever. They got all the money in the world -_-; they got nothing eles better to do in their time, they are just like the living dead.

I thought it was worth it just hearing that Michael Jackson, Prince and the Village People have joined forces. Sounds like some sort of retarded Justice League.

MJ was a brilliant artist and performer in his time IMO. Unfortunately he's extremely screwed up. It's a shame that his actions overshadow his accomplishments. It's public image. Isn't he holed up somewhere? I think he actually lost everything - even Neverland Ranch and his little love-monkey. Being broke would explain the lawsuit.

Looks like this WebSheriff is hunting for has-beens to back him up. The Bob Marley estate probably doesn't even know what p2p is. I don't think it's a matter of people not listening to them anymore. It's that people don't care about them anymore. Any one of the Village People who honestly depends on sales of music to make a living is probably sniffing glue because they can't afford the crack anymore. Any artist who thinks you can link a downloaded song to lost profit should get out of the business.

Too many people want a free ride.

Originally posted by pensfan12:

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Nobrainer in every post:

blah blah blah i hate *insert company*
backs up hatred with article
then finishes with mentioning "anti-consumer"

Every single reply, its allllways the same and its so annyoing.

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LMFAO @ the Village People! That stuff shouldn't even be distributed over P2P or any other network for that matter.

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Originally posted by pensfan12:

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Nobrainer in every post:

blah blah blah i hate *insert company*
backs up hatred with article
then finishes with mentioning "anti-consumer"

Every single reply, its allllways the same and its so annyoing.

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Please use the offensive report button if you have a problem with what someone has posted. There are many here very close to violating rule 6...the rules are in my sig if anyone needs a refresher.

SDF_GR, keep the colorful comments to yourself please.

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bob marley , would be turning in his grave.

He didnt care about money...

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bob marley , would be turning in his grave.

He didnt care about money...

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So TRUE!!! Musicians & artists don't care about MONEY... All they want is drugs, girls, several expensive cars, a few big houses around the world, lots of "bling", and fame...

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It's sad to see that all those artist are way on the "has been" genre, and instead of begging for money, (or in "Marley's state" case just try to living off the work of somebody else) they should be GLAD that some people still search for their old material, since they haven't released a SINGLE album worth buying in YEARS IF NOT DECADES,all they do it's releasing "best hits" stuff, and I say this as a 80's music addict..

If you want attention and need money write new good stuff and people will come to you, simple as that...

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Originally posted by DVDdoug:

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bob marley , would be turning in his grave.

He didnt care about money...

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So TRUE!!! Musicians & artists don't care about MONEY... All they want is drugs, girls, several expensive cars, a few big houses around the world, lots of "bling", and fame...

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Ugh, the last time I checked it takes money to get all those things.

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"And hey Michael - do you want us to pay you in small kids maybe?"
I loled

haha, this is pretty good. it seems like the US is firing the cannons at The Pirate Bay, and they really couldn't care less. I love to see just how much they don't give a f*ck, gives me the sense that there are still some righteous beings out there that don't lie down and take the law up the *ss

nice, though
i must admit, brilliant scheme at trying to get ABBA to join. however, what exactly is it going to do? suing on soil won't get them any further. it's just going to be as pointless and ridiculous as now.

Who the hell would download Abba?? Every record they ever made is easily available for nothing in a skip near you now!!

Al Qaeda really missed the boat.. they should have set up trackers. hahahaha

The true front persons behind all these shenanigans are nothing but "colorful comments" and "more colorful comments".You get my drift

Yeah.. I get you..

Jacko probably isn't as attractive to the parents who would "lend" him their children now he is broke.

Man I crack up every time I see that picture!

Suprised that the estate of Bob Marley is listed...I agree, Bob never really cared about the money, it was all about the music for him. The whole thing is just based on greed, I mean come on, half of the list that was stated doesn't get much exposure anymore, so no wonder...that is like putting in The Commodores in the list as well...

To me it is just crying wolf and in all honesty, it sickens me that they would even name Bob Marley in that list, as being from jamaican ethnicity, I know damn well that Bob didn't care too sense about the money because for him, it was all true...the music and the people. To unite as one...funny, how things just fall apart like that, now these money grubbing fools have to dredge up old name bands as if it will cause an up roar...no thank you, now if they named current ones or whoever, I can understand that.

MJ was good, back in the day, and yeah as one poster put it, he is totally messed up...sucks for him, but hey, you roll with it.

BTW, that comment was priceless about the payment in small kids...had me lmao at work!

Great article btw.

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come on guys stop the anti homosexual and paedophile remarks please. has michael jackson ever been found guilty?

RE: prince, ub40, they have made a fortune. prince even turns up from time to time and gives free concerts in London, he really doesn't need any money. Ali Campbell has a huge house near bentley heath, w,midlands that is worth over 9 million excluding his riding stables and farm, so i doubt he cares.

Bob marley was very anti capitalist, who also on many occasions played for free, bob marley if you listen to his songs were very political spreading love & unity & freedom from tyranny & oppression from the corrupt governments and about the rastafarian religion, sion(zion) the promised land.

i think he would be rolling in his grave if he knew his messaged to mankind was only available for a $ but copyright lasting 170 years is not there to protect the artists!

I can say that the Marley estate is milking Bob for everything. They throw around his name and put it on everything. I was working on a website for Bob Marley School for the Arts Institute in Jamaica. I quit when I found out that it is a big scam where they steal people's money. There is no school. People go down there and go on a tour where they spend money on stupid crap.

Originally posted by varnull:

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Who the hell would download Abba??

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Originally posted by pcrazy99:

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I thought it was worth it just hearing that Michael Jackson, Prince and the Village People have joined forces. Sounds like some sort of retarded Justice League.

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Oh my God! Michael Jackson of all people. I stopped listening to his music after the second "incident". I find the guy, if we can call him that, repulsive.

It make sense, he has no where left to go but down.

MJ sux so much now. He should just quit.

wow, all i know is i skimmed this post and saw someone singing Y-M-C-A, and a picture of the home alone kind. too funny i gotta go back and read it all. btw, they prolly asked them cash or kids? lol too funny.