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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 1:40 pm
by Leisher
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:17 pm
by TheCatt
Out of an abundance of sensitivity, we have elected to drop this particular case.
My ass.
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:43 pm
by Malcolm
This has just moved into its own special category of insanity.
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 6:34 pm
by GORDON
Out of an abundance of sensitivity, we have elected to drop this particular case.
My ass.
And then under his breath...."...for now."
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Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 12:25 pm
by GORDON
Study says pirating has almost zero effect on music sales.
Or is it affect? It affects but has no effect?
Goddam english language.
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 1:13 pm
by Malcolm
These fuckers are insane.
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:43 pm
by TPRJones
Here's some interesting news: http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/32634/118/
Former RIAA defendant Tanya Andersen is now suing the major record labels and the RIAA for negligent and illegal investigation and prosecution.
...
Andersen's lawyers are hitting the defendants with the full power of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and federal and state RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corruption Act), something that is often used against mafia and street gang members.
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Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 12:35 am
by Malcolm
Much as I hate lawyers, I hope these particular lawyers crucify the RIAA.
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 1:25 am
by GORDON
The 26th was an internet radio blackout day, you know, in protest of the outrageous fees about to go into effect for net radio broadcasters.
Blackout before the blackout, so to speak.
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 10:34 am
by TPRJones
I know, it was annoying not having any music at work.
I'm not too worried. It'll only effect people broadcasting in the US. In the long run, it just means the more determined broadcasters will just move overseas and broadcast from there. The laws of any one nation don't have much power over the global internet.
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 10:36 am
by Malcolm
TPRJones wrote:In the long run, it just means the more determined broadcasters will just move overseas and broadcast from there.
Wow, funny how all those people are being systematically forced out of the "land of the free." Mayhaps we should change it to the "land of the litigious."
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 11:52 am
by TPRJones
Shit, we haven't been the "land of the free" for almost a century now.
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Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 12:32 pm
by GORDON
TPRJones wrote:Shit, we haven't been the "land of the free" for almost a century now.
FDR and the New Deal?
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 12:43 pm
by TPRJones
Earlier than that: February 3, 1913 was the first big step down the steep slope of socialism/communism (and the curtailing of freedoms that inevitably follow).
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 1:12 pm
by TheCatt
TPRJones wrote:Earlier than that: February 3, 1913 was the first big step down the steep slope of socialism/communism (and the curtailing of freedoms that inevitably follow).
Some might argue the 19th Amendment was worse.
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 2:38 pm
by Malcolm
Dude weighs in on latest RIAA case.
I didn't know she happened to be a single American Indian mother of two. Good call. They couldn't've picked "generic white dude?"
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Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 2:18 pm
by GORDON
One of the 4 major labels that constitutes the RIAA is considering pulling out:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ar....pi.html
I smell a lot of "if" in this news... but we'll see.
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 10:07 am
by TheCatt
RIAA will stop suing people.
And report them to their ISP instead.
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 8:50 pm
by Malcolm
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 5:28 pm
by Malcolm
RIAA lawyers fail to disclose evidence to defense team. & get away w\ it.
Tim Reynolds, lead counsel for the recording industry, apologized no less than four times, saying that he the omission was not made in bad faith and that he had not realized Jacobson was talking about some recently unearthed bit of evidence.
Emphasis mine.
Jacobson is the RIAA witness (a network security dude). He looks in the logs of someone's machine, finds evidence a particular event (hardware config. change). He tells the RIAA lawyers about this item, who then fail to tell the defense. Their first knowledge was the witness talking about it in open court.
Now, not that this excuses whoever's on trial here, but fucking seriously -- you're supposed to be the Dream Team of lawyers & you can't dot your Is or cross your Ts. That's what being a lawyer is. So you'll excuse me if I don't believe your half-assed "we're just cheerfully incompetent" shyte.