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RIAA Seeks Summary Judgement Against P2P Services

Posted by timothy on from the this-hammer-is-for-evil dept.

kanad writes: "RIAA seeks summary judgement against Musiccity , Kazaa and Grokster. In other words they want the above to be banned even before the trial. RIAA accuses them as Napster clones. Read the official statement here BTW does anybody knows of 'Leonard Kleinrock' described as "one of the original founders of the Internet" in the article and an expert witness ?" I wonder whether the mimeograph machine would survive if it was invented today.

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  1. Kleinrock by Amazing+Quantum+Man · · Score: 5, Informative

    Leonard Kleinrock.

    Unfortunately the RIAA page is /.'ed. Great way to use that Berman-Coble DOS self-help!

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  2. Summary Judgement by victim · · Score: 5, Informative

    For the 10,000th time...

    This is just a summary judgement request. I've never been involved in a case (thankfully few) where both sides didn't file requests for summary judgement. Its just lawyer chest thumping. The lawyers says "My case is so strong there is no possible defense." Then the judge whips out his denied stamp, whacks both summary judegment requests and the case proceeds.

    Now, if the judge grants this, then that would be newsworthy.

    If a lawyer filing a summary judgement request is news, then you probably ought to cover every time they take a leak too.

  3. Re:How does that have any effect? by billstr78 · · Score: 4, Informative

    If P2P networks is the method that 90% of the music traded (illegaly) uses, than shutting them down would effectivly wipe out sharing for non-motivated individuals. BTW, shutting down KaZaA and grokster would not be difficult, they would just sue the $hit out of them, like they did with napster.

    Of course, where there is a will there is a way, and many motivated individuals could find alternate means to distribute music and such. As they say on /., information wants to be free.