RIAA Sues the Wrong Person

Cildar writes "In the 'oops' category, the RIAA was forced to withdraw its suit against a 66 year old computer neophyte (read Apple User for god's sake) when they discovered she thought 'Kazaa' was a magician playing at local kids' birthday parties. The story is as reported in the Boston Globe." Update: 09/24 15:19 GMT by T : Note, the magician crack is a joke ;)

Comments

whee, here we go again.

[Thinkit3]

You wouldn't need the various open source licenses. Open source would do just fine...no licenses at all.

Re:neophyte = Apple User?

[Anonymous Custard]

She has an Apple and thus is a neophyte and anyway she would gladly pay for overpriced shit like CDs although she would probably have iTunes anyway being the brainless anti-conformist conformists that Apple users are.

yeah...but you know that's what we were all thinking :-)

Re:Dumbass.

[GSloop]

I'm sure when they come for you, you'll not only enjoy your stay in the brig in SC, you'll thank them for it too.

Any branch of government, unchecked in power and oversight will overreach it's bounds and oppress the people. Currently the executive branch is claiming that all the above mentioned activites are permissible simply under executive order. They have made the case in court, that the challenges of these executive orders is not hearable in the court system at all because the executive branch claims the courts have no jurisdiction. (How's that for circular logic for you!?)

When the King/Tyrant/President/Faciest-leader decides that HE alone can deprive you of your liberty with out charge, independant review of the evidence, without a trial of your peers, where you have the right to see the evidence against you and challange those who will testify against you, than you sir, are on your way to living in a totalitarian state.

I hope you enjoy it, I don't. I'm very sad to see our great country veer so far away from the principles we were founded on.

Cheers,
Greg