Mom, and Now Judge, Stand Up to RIAA

Nom du Keyboard writes "First there was the mother, Patricia Santangelo, who has refused to roll-over to RIAA demands to pay their extortion fee because they claim to have identified her IP address as involved in Kazaa file sharing. Now Judge McMahon doesn't seem to be letting the RIAA have it all their way either in this case. Godwin's Law summarizes the rebuke of Judge McMahon to the RIAA lawyer now that a court case has been filed. A transcript of the entire court appearance is also available."

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A Sequel..

[kaede128]

Download Wars: Episode V - The Mom Strikes Back

Why read the summary?

[convex_mirror]

When you can download the audio off bittorrent?

Re:Why read the summary?

[SpaceLifeForm]

You might be able to find it with KaZaa also.

Judge Colleen McMahon, nominated by...

[The Outbreak Monkey]

McMahon, Colleen
Born 1951 in Columbus, OH
Federal Judicial Service:
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Nominated by William J. Clinton on May 21, 1998, to a seat vacated by John F. Keenan;

From http://air.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=2799

Way to go Clinton ;)

*quickly ducks*

Why do people keep calling it **AA?

[Virak]

Seriously, it should be either *AA or ??AA. **AA is completely reduntant...

Re:Why do people keep calling it **AA?

[The Outbreak Monkey]

Ah, a fellow wildcard purist.

Good catch.

Re:Why do people keep calling it **AA?

[Rolo Tomasi]

What about Music And Film Industry Association?

Re:Why do people keep calling it **AA?

[nmb3000]

Blah blah blah...

I'm reading all these posts arguing about the best way to make a general expression for the different organizations which threaten both fair use and technical development and I have a far simpler solution:

I think it's about time that someone is standing up to these *ASSHATS* in the world!

Best part is that it's completely multifunctional! Instead of digging up the acronym or abbreviation for the person/group in question, in only 10 minutes a day you can learn to use my amazing technique.

Damn the CIA^H^H^H^H^Hose ASSHATS!
Screw that warmongering Presi^H^H^H^H^H ASSHAT!
I hope those liberal ACLU^H^H^H^H ASSHATS burn in Hell!
Slashdot is run by duping edito^H^H^H^H^H ASSHATS!

See? Piece Of Cake!

Do people really think this happens?

[scribblej]

19 And that's most likely why I was never notified by AOL
20 or any of my -- the companies that I have online service with
21 that my children had downloaded anything.


Yeah.... that'll happen.

Maybe it's worth it

[UndyingShadow]

Say you download 4000 songs, get sued by the RIAA, settle out of court for 2000 dollars. 50 cents a song, half of what you'd pay on itunes.

Re:About time

[isometrick]

he says [...] A little sexist,

Uhhh ... you do know that Judge McMahon is a woman, yes? Now put your foot into your mouth : )

Re:Finally.....

[TubeSteak]

In the Soviet Union, first you ignore them. Then you laugh at them. Then you fight them. Then you win anyway.

Are you kidding me?
This is the Soviet Russia we're talking about here

Lets try this again:
In Soviet Russia, first you ignore them. Then you laugh at them. Then they fight you. Then they win anyway

Freudian slip?

[St. Vitus]

From the transcript (emphasis mine):


[RIAA]: ... The defendant was served on April 25th, and her time to expire does not --
[Judge]: Her time to answer.
[RIAA]: -- time to answer does not expire until May 15th.


Ahh...so just suing people isn't good enough...now we see what they really want!!

I feel cheated now

[Minwee]

"Godwin's Law summarizes the rebuke of Judge McMahon to the RIAA lawyer"

After reading this I expected to read that Judge McMahon had called the RIAA lawyer a Nazi.

Re:Finally.....

[MysteriousPreacher]

Heh heh, imagine the scene.

Steve: So what are you in prison for?
Gandhi: To free my people from colonial rule. How about you?
Steve: I don't want to pay for Mariah Carey CDs so I demand the right to download them for free.