Illegal downloading of music is a gateway crime. Before you know it, you'll be murdering your boyfriend with your iPod. Or smoking pot. And we all know what that is a gateway to: getting hiiiiiggggghhhhh!
"[S]he killed her boyfriend only after he accused her of illegally downloading music and erased about 2,000 of her MP3s."
http://www.liquidgeneration.com/rumormill/ipod_killing.html
iPod Used In Domestic Homicide
Friday, March 5, 2004 Posted: 4:50 PM EST (1450 GMT)
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MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE (HLN) - A Memphis woman was arrested and charged with first-degree murder after she bludgeoned her boyfriend to death with an iPod.
Arleen Mathers, 23, was arrested Thursday morning after she called Memphis Police and said she had killed her boyfriend, according to a Sheriff’s Department report.
When deputies arrived at Mathers’ apartment at 528 Poplar Avenue, Mathers led them to the body of her boyfriend, Brad Pulaski, 27.
Brad Pulaski had died of blunt trauma to the head after being repeatedly bludgeoned with an iPod, a popular MP3 player produced by Apple.
Police said no motive has been confirmed, although evidence suggested the murder was the result of a domestic dispute after Pulaski erased the contents of Mathers’ iPod.
According to law officers, Mathers was hysterical when police arrived and told them that she killed her boyfriend only after he accused her of illegally downloading music and erased about 2,000 of her MP3s. Mathers complained that it took 3 months to build her music collection.
An autopsy performed Friday afternoon at Methodist Hospital showed that Brad Pulaski had been beat multiple times in the face and chest by a blunt metal object, and died of internal bleeding, said Dr. Felix Klamut, deputy coroner.
According to Apple’s website, the iPod is partially made of a hard metal plate that’s been praised for it’s resistance to regular wear and tear, like drops and coffee spills.
“It took him a while to die,” Dr. Klamut said. “She must have stabbed him 40 to 80 times with that iPod. His death was not instantaneous, that’s for sure”
Arleen Mathers was arraigned Friday night by a video hookup from the county jail. Municipal Court Judge Simon Lambert set her bond at $600,000 and scheduled a preliminary hearing for March 9.
My lord! How can we let such a product continue to be sold in the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA????
We must remove all these dangerous fatal Ipods from the market before we are all killed by our signifcat others over the deletion of music files!!!
By the way, 40 to 80 times? Jesus fucking Christ! You think she just stopped because she was done, or do you think she just got worn out and stopped due to arm exhaustion?
Posted by: Colin at October 6, 2004 04:54 PMWait a minute. I call shenanigans! That's a fake story!
HOW DARE YOU MR. WADSBONE, HOW DARE YOU?????
Posted by: at October 6, 2004 04:56 PMOn a barely-related note, Monday was Chicago's first day without any shootings or homicides since 1999.
Posted by: Shippy at October 6, 2004 05:06 PMI knew I forgot to do something Monday! Shit.
Posted by: Keester at October 7, 2004 07:37 AMIt's funny really - here in Ireland they're only just catching on from the FCC's (hope that's right) way of prosecution. Within two weeks us Irish pups will be getting used to pesky pop-ups that mention in a most definite way that we are partaking in an all-to-illegal ativity. If you persist downloading after said pop-up warnings you will (and they said "will" twice in the press conference) be subject to fines of €1,900 per song (approx. $2400).
Three things about this strike me as funny:
a - I presently owe IRMA (Irish Rock Music Assoc.) over €5.5 million (again, approx $7 million)
b - they actually believe that pop-ups will dissuade Irish "criminals" from downloading! Take into account the fact that over 80% of the Gardaí (policeforce) are scared to go to work, and you get a quick picture of how laxly laws are enforced here. Also, we recently introduced a penalty-points system for motorists breaking speed limits/drink driving etc - 60% odd of tickets were never issued. I have to say that i LOVE the fact that IRMA want the Gardaí to enforce the downloading fine...
c - I took a quick look at the 1998 Data Privacy Act, and I am pretty sure that they cannot actually gain users details from our ISP's. Have to say that I cannot wait for the counter-sueing to start(á la Kazaa)
On another note, I think Martha and I should start an Irish blog for Jeaun...
Is Mise,
Ronan
Posted by: Ronan (Aden's girlfriend's sister's fiancée) at October 20, 2004 05:44 PM