In Oklahoma, the difference between misdemeanor and felony shoplifting is the value of the merchandise. Shoplifting anything worth more than $500 is a felony; anything less than that is a felony. If you were to get caught shoplifting three music CDs, it would be a misdemeanor. At the most, you’re looking at a fine or maybe some community service.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, Joel Tenenbaum was convicted of downloading and sharing 30 songs (about 3 CDs worth of music) with his friends. Joel was found guilty and has been fined $675,000. Prior to going to court, Joel apologized to the RIAA and offered to pay them $500, a little more than 10x the value of the music. They declined his offer.<\/p>\n

For what it’s worth, Tenebaum’s defense was kind of stupid and his defense team tried to claim that all file sharing is legal, which it isn’t. The judge even said that with a more competent defense she might have been more lenient. But, that’s not the way things worked out.<\/p>\n

Joel Tenenbaum plans to appeal the decision (hopefully using a different defense team next time ’round). If that doesn’t work? Joel has already stated he’ll just file bankruptcy, which is about all any of us could do at that point.<\/p>\n

Below is a list of the 30 songs Joel was caught sharing. The first band on the list is Incubus. I don’t know much about Incubus but I’d be willing to bet that for $675,000 I could get them to play a concert in my backyard, provide cocaine and hookers for everyone I know, let me videotape the whole thing and put it on every file sharing site known to man. Limp Bizkit would probably do it for about $30 bucks.<\/p>\n

01 – Incubus – New Skin
\n02 – Green Day – Minority
\n03 – Outkast – Wheelz of Steel
\n04 – Incubus – Pardon Me
\n05 – Nirvana – Come As You Are
\n06 – Green Day – When I Come Around
\n07 – Green Day – Nice Guys Finish Last
\n08 – Nirvana – Heart Shaped Box
\n09 – Nine Inch Nails – The Perfect Drug
\n10 – Blink 182 – Adam’s Song
\n11 – Limp Bizkit – Rearranged
\n12 – Limp Bizkit – Leech
\n13 – Linkin Park – Crawling Hybrid
\n14 – Deftones – Be Quiet And Drive
\n15 – The Fugees – Killing Me Softly
\n16 – Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication
\n17 – Red Hot Chili Peppers – By The Way
\n18 – Red Hot Chili Peppers – My Friends
\n19 – Beck – Loser
\n20 – Eminem – My Name Is
\n21 – Eminem – Drug Ballad
\n22 – Eminem – Cleaning Out My Closet
\n23 – Beastie Boys – (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party)
\n24 – The Ramones – The KKK Took My Baby Away
\n25 – Monster Magnet – Look To Your Orb For The Warning
\n26 – Aerosmith – Pink
\n27 – OutKast – Rosa Parks
\n28 – Rage Against The Machine – Guerrilla Radio
\n29 – Goo Goo Dolls – Iris
\n30 – Aerosmith – Water Song\/Janie’s Got A Gun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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