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RIAA Ends "Clean Slate" Scam

Posted by timothy on from the put-down-the-pen-slowly dept.

ChiralSoftware writes "The RIAA Clean Slate program, started in September, which allegedly attracted 1108 suckers, has finally been dropped. What was wrong with this program? The RIAA was offering something it had no ability to offer, namely amnesty for copyright violations. The mark would admit in a sworn written statement to having violated the law, but was not getting any real amnesty in return for this admission. Despite anything the RIAA says, other copyright holders can still sue a program participant who violated copyright laws, and of course only a US Attorney can offer amnesty for criminal copyright violations. In fact, the RIAA was sued for making false claims of amnesty. The RIAA of course has a different spin on it; they ended the program because their education had succeeded."

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  1. Like... by Bricklets · · Score: 5, Funny

    [RIAA] ended the program because their education had succeeded

    Like how the high school bullies would educate the nerd population on the best way to invest their lunch money?

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  2. Education my left eye by dacarr · · Score: 4, Funny
    Calling this education about copyright is like calling standing in a fire zone education about bullets.

    Now pardon me while I go download some mp3z. Oops.

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    1. Re:Education my left eye by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I think that Fire Marshall Bill should do a demonstration on file downloading and the RIAA.

      Now that would be education!!

  3. Re:Extortion? by SpaceLifeForm · · Score: 2, Funny
    s/RIAA/SCO/g

    then

    s/SCO/MS/g

    See a pattern?

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  4. Well, duh! by Otter · · Score: 2, Funny
    Yes, the RIAA amnesty only applied to legal action from the RIAA. It did not, say, protect D-Link from misusing GPL'd source code.

    Was there anyone so dimwitted as to think otherwise? If so, I hope YRO will step in to clarify that their polio immunization doesn't make them bulletproof.

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  5. now they'll stop going after sharers, right? by j-turkey · · Score: 2, Funny
    The RIAA of course has a different spin on it; they ended the program because their education had succeeded."

    Great -- their education has succeeded. Now they can stop going after file sharers...right?

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