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RIAA Countersued Under Racketeering Laws
Negadin writes "According to CNET News, a New Jersey woman, one of the hundreds of people accused of copyright infringement by the Recording Industry Association of America, has countersued the big record labels, charging them with extortion and violations of the federal antiracketeering act." The woman's attornies are arguing that "...by suing file-swappers for copyright infringement, and then offering to settle instead of pursuing a case where liability could reach into the hundreds of thousands of dollars, the RIAA is violating the same laws that are more typically applied to gangsters and organized crime."
Thank God, I hope it sticks...
MacOSX, because making *NIX better is a lot better than waiting for Micro$loth to fix Windows
I've been waiting for this day... and here's what Agent Smith has to say:
"Do you hear that Mister Anderson? That is the sound of inevitability."
Learn something new.
but you AREN'T there, because you'd rather not do your civic duty, and would rather get off without serving. (and seem rather proud of it, for that matter.)
This space available.