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Judge Rules Kazaa Distributors Can't Sue Labels

Posted by timothy on from the tripping-on-the-burglar-alarm dept.

evenprime writes "Sharman Networks tried to file an antitrust lawsuit against record labels and movie studios. They alleged that the companies forced piracy to occur by conspiring to keep authorized and copy-protected versions of their songs and movies off Kazaa. U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson just dismissed Sharman's claims."

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  1. Related story: webcasters threaten RIAA by morcheeba · · Score: 3, Informative

    This article talks about a group of small webcasters is threating to sue the RIAA for antitrust violations. They feel the royalty agreement favors only big webcasters and is being used as a stick to drive out the smaller ones.

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  2. You have no clue what you're talking about by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    That was not a frivolous law suit... http://www.lectlaw.com/files/cur78.htm

  3. Re:McDonald's Frivolous Lawsuit by rumpledstiltskin · · Score: 3, Informative

    I agree that frivolous lawsuits are a scourge, but that woman actually had some really severe damage. 2nd and 3rd degree burns shouldn't result from a simple coffee spill. that's the kind of thing that results from sustained pouring of boiling water over an affected area.

  4. Re:She should have thought of that by phorm · · Score: 2, Informative

    However, the lawsuit wasn't about the spilling of the coffee, or the lack of warning. It was about the fact that MacDonalds knew their coffee was at such a temperature (greater than most other restaurants/fast-food/etc) that it would quickly burn a person were it to make contact with skin.

    If the coffee had been knocked off or something similar it would be the same thing, it was known to be too hot.

    I used to laugh at the coffee-lap incident too, until I got more of the facts.