RIAA Just Can't Seem To Stop The Momentum On Filing Those Lawsuits
from the legal-inertia dept
On December 19th, it was announced that the RIAA was giving up on its legal strategy of suing individual file sharers, and instead was going to go with some mysterious agreements with ISPs (that no ISPs will admit to) to cut off those accused (not found guilty of) file sharing. In talking about it, the RIAA insisted that it had actually stopped filing lawsuits back in August. Of course, that was quickly proven to be not true leading the RIAA to clarify, saying that it hadn't started planning for any new lawsuits since August, but somehow couldn't stop lawsuits already in motion (this, of course, makes no sense).Of course, now it's looking even worse, as on December 26th, well after it announced an end to the lawsuits, and insisted no more were going to be filed, a new lawsuit was served on an individual for file sharing. Apparently, the RIAA continues to have trouble with some rather basic facts. Saying you're not suing individuals anymore would be a lot more believable if, you know, you stopped suing individuals. Just saying...
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the zahr
Tou cant trust this bunch of idiots with truth its not in their dictionary.
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{/sarcasm}
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J/K. Gawd some ppl suck.
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to be fair
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Case in point. Even your original article typed by you said that they were only stopping law suits against users on ISP's that had entered into the agreement.
Read your current article and of course now you claim they said they would not be filing any more law suits.
When will you get even the remotest of facts straight?
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And you've never been overly concerned with backing up your arguments, choosing to constantly rely on the "that's the way it is" defense. You've been called on it constantly, which explains your animosity towards the site.
Basically, the RIAA initially has said it would not file any new lawsuits against individuals. After it was shown that that wasn't true, the RIAA has been redefining what it actually meant by "new" and "individuals".
Their current stance is that they aren't filing any more individual lawsuits against John Does, unless they were already pending or they had already entered into discussions for a settlement. In other words, it appears that the RIAA will continue to redefine their original statement to excuse their actions.
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Assholes. I hope someone powerful stands up to them one day and they get sued for extortion.
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Just stop buying from these goons already!
So piracy notwithstanding, why can't we get people to stop buying their products in the first place? Do that many people simply not care that they're supporting a corrupt, extortionate, evil group? I haven't bought a CD in over 10 years, and the last music I bought was only because my wife specifically asked for it. (Thank you, Walmart, for the $7.92 downloaded album instead of the $20 CD at FYE)
Wait a minute, 68 million people voted for the empty suit Obambi and the human gaffe machine Biden, so how could I expect most people to have enough brains to judge anything else of significance in life. My bad.
Hail Xenu!
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Re: Just stop buying from these goons already!
Palin?
You find it acceptable for Palin to be your Vice President??
You find it acceptable for your president to think Palin is the number one pic for Vice President??
Politics aside, at least the next President will have an IQ above 80 and be able to speak at at least a 8th grade level.
You IDIOT
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Of course, there is the fact that she at least has experience in government, unless you count voting present over 160 times in the IL Senate, never sponsoring a single piece of legislation in the US Senate, and never convening the committee to which he was appointed in the US Senate as experience in government. Maybe you count his work with the fraudulent ACORN organization as experience? Or is it the 2 years he spent running for president while a US Senator? But he sure is good at reading a teleprompter.
The next president is a product of the corrupt Chicago and Illinois political circle, and his VP doesn't even know which article of the constitution outlines the duties of the office. You can always tell when Joe Biden says something dumb: His lips move. But those Botox injections sure did make his forehead look smooth and shiny for the debate. Obama's cabinet and administration are full of Clinton cronies. Change we can believe in, my eye!
The man has never done anything of substance, and yet the people fawn over him as if he were the savior. He claims Christianity while having absolutely no regard for the unborn. He sat in a church for 20 years that teaches separatism and hate, and still does; have a look at their web site, but replace BLACK with WHITE and tell me it isn't blatantly racist and disgusting. He will stand with the Muslims if the wind should blow in a bad direction. You know, those people who hate us and want us all dead because we won't convert? Obama's short list of close associates reads like the FBI's most wanted list. I could go on and on.
Idiot, indeed.
Hail Xenu!
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Why do people continue to buy iPhones (which require AT&T contract) and use AT&T when there's hard evidence that they have given the NSA access to thousands of innocent Americans' private data without a warrant?
People are caught up in their daily lives. Even when there is a huge, well-organized campaign, getting people to think differently is a little like moving mountains.
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The company is has a right sue anyone who breaks the law.
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Re: by Anonymous Coward on Jan 12th, 2009 @ 8:42am
Dweeb AC, yes they have the right to sue, but that isn't the point of the story. The point of the story is the fact the RIAA said it would stop suing, but continues to file lawsuits.
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I prefer the new dvd screeners that are not in the us theaters yet, like The Wrestler, Gran Torino was out 30 days ago, Defiance was outstanding and out 30 days ago. Why should I wait for the movie companies when a good digital copy is available, I don't have to.
Modern music is not even worth DL for free.
"SHARING IS CARING"
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those are academy award screeners. there is always a flood of them at the end of the year as the studios push them out to the members of the selection committees and they get leaked.
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The RIAA is not just suing people who broke the law. Open your eyes.
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I have full permission from Trent Reznor to distribute his music. He has told plenty of fans at plenty of concerts to download and share his music.
So I think you need actual proof that they in fact, do not have permission.
Also, I would say that uploading shouldn't be infringement at all. Who is to say that everybody who is downloading it does not already own the CD. Can you prove that they do not?
I think the laws should be tougher on them for them to be able to sue.
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To be fair
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that is an insult to inbreds everywhere. inbreds: raise your flippers in protest!
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Its the lawyers stupid
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On copyright laws in general
lessig.org
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Not 1 cent!
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Talked to RIAA
Later,
Jared
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Dr. Eric Vermote (Piracy expert)
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