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RIAA Sued For Amnesty Offer

Posted by simoniker on from the suing-over-not-suing dept.

wo1verin3 writes "CNET News is reporting that the RIAA is being sued because of 'Clean Slate' filesharing amnesty program that was announced on Monday. 'Clean Slate' allows people to (supposedly) avoid legal action by stepping forward and forfeiting any illegally traded songs. The suit, filed in the Marin Superior Court of California, charges that the RIAA's program is deceptive and fraudulent business practice." The suit claims that the amnesty is "designed to induce members of the general public... to incriminate themselves... while (receiving)... no legally binding release of claims", a statement the EFF also agrees with.

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  1. word "amnesty" by stonebeat.org · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Any thing with word "amnesty" in it, should be avoided.
    No good can come out of Amnesty, or Thinking about amnesty or Thinking in general about anything.

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  2. Where is the form for amnesty? by Jafafa+Hots · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I want to get a copy of this thing they want you to fill out, but no links so far.

    (No, I'm not going to fill it out... I have other plans)

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  3. Re:Tough call by vsprintf · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Redundant? No good deed goes unpunished on Slashdot, I guess.

  4. You missed two steps... by momerath2003 · · Score: 0, Redundant
    1. CitizenX downloads a song by Pop Musician.
    2. Pop Musician have sold their sold their soul to Satan in return for fame and fortune.
    3. Pop Musician puts their heart and "soul" into every song they create.
    4. The RIAA are a licensed agent of Satan.
    5. Therefore the RIAA do in fact own the copyright of most Pop music.

    6. ???
    7. Profit!

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