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RIAA Takes the Fight to the Streets

Posted by michael on from the whatcha-gonna-do dept.

Lapzilla writes "In an article from LA Weekly, it would appear the RIAA has taken their fight to the streets. Wearing jackets with "RIAA" emblazoned upon them, they have taken to busting street vendors in an FBI fashion for selling bootleg CDs and DVDs."

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  1. Re:Cool... by Tassach · · Score: 5, Informative
    It's like vigilantism. Last time I checked, the RIAA did not have police powers. Even if they hired licencesd private investigators, the most they can legally do is gather evidence to present to a jury. If they're confiscating a vendor's goods (even if they are infringing copyright) without a court order, it is THEFT (the real kind). If they detain someone, it's false arrest. If they hit someone, it's assault & battery.

    Except under some VERY limited circumstances, private citizens are not allowed to enforce the law, and even then they are taking a risk of being charged themselves.

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  2. Re:Time to get to work... by innocent_white_lamb · · Score: 5, Informative

    Their attire is completly irrelevant to this point.

    Not if it would lead a reasonable person to believe that they are a police officer.

    If they represented themselves as police officers then they are guilty of a criminal offense,

    Indeed.

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