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RIAA Not Done With Jesse Jordan

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the billion-dollar-organization-vs-kid dept.

digime writes "In a recent Slashdot article it was reported that 19-year-old college student Jesse Jordan gave up his life savings to the RIAA for running a campus search engine. He has recovered over 83% of his savings lost to the RIAA, and his search engine is back up. "The RIAA started yelling and tried to rescind my order of dismissal after they signed it because of comments that I made on CNN.", Jordan says on his site. "A very well-known top lawyer at the RIAA, while making threats of further legal actions, referred to himself as a 'dentist' that I would not want to 'have another visit with'"

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  1. Yeah! by AntiOrganic · · Score: 4, Funny

    Stick it to the man!

    ...so you can lose all your money again.

  2. Dentist... how appropriate by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think it is time for someone to pull the RIAA's teeth

  3. Jesse's Business Model by telstar · · Score: 4, Funny

    1) Get sued for $12k
    2) People donate money
    3) Get sued again for $90b
    4) People donate hella money
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    5) Profit?

  4. Oooh scary. by paroneayea · · Score: 5, Funny

    A very well-known top lawyer at the RIAA, while making threats of further legal actions, referred to himself as a 'dentist' that I would not want to 'have another visit with'
    So wait a minute... dentists are supposed to be the ones working for you. So, it seems to me that he's saying he's not the kind of guy you'd want to hire twice. Nevertheless, his comment sounds a lot like this:
    Booga booga booga!

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  5. Re:The search engine is NOT back up by RickHunter · · Score: 4, Funny

    The search engine that's up right now looks to be him thumbing his nose at the RIAA. Try doing a search for "Metallica" or "Linkin" (or other popular band names) and take a look at the results. Searching for "linux" also produces amusing output.

    I approve. Very nice way to show that he's not intimidated by their legal protection racket.

  6. What an idiot by anthony_dipierro · · Score: 4, Funny
    It is time to call the RIAA to task on their clear hypocrisy on many issues. I am legally allowed to run my search engine - it is not forbidden by my dismissal.

    Ha! Looks like you fools who donated could have saved yourself the trouble and made your donations straight to the RIAA.

  7. RIAA wants search engine down? by jakub_sad · · Score: 5, Funny

    The RIAA has nothing to worry about, Slashdot has taken care of it FREE OF CHARGE!

  8. Looks like Orrin Hatch blew up his box. by Mordant · · Score: 4, Funny

    'Fatal error: Call to undefined function: message_die() in /opt/chewplastic/htdocs/db/db.php on line 88'

  9. Dentist? More like Proctologist! by JonTurner · · Score: 4, Funny

    Because nobody knows as many assholes as an attorney for the RIAA.

  10. Re:Mafia by Tibor+the+Hun · · Score: 5, Funny

    you mean MAFIAA

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  11. Re:Mirror by Idarubicin · · Score: 5, Funny
    The site is getting slashdotted...

    Right. The RIAA doesn't intend to sue him again, or really attempt to rescind the settlement. They're just going to keep doing things that result in /. stories, and kill the kid with bandwidth costs.

    How does it feel to be a puppet of the regime, everyone? ;)

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    ~Idarubicin
  12. Fair is fair by AndroidCat · · Score: 5, Funny
    ...which is exactly why organized crime families should run p2p networks.

    Great, organized crime on both sides of the fight, that would be interesting.

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    One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
  13. Re:Mafia by redhog · · Score: 5, Funny

    That would be "Movie, Art and Fiction - Intimidation Associations of America"

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