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Mom, and Now Judge, Stand Up to RIAA

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the won't-back-down dept.

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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  1. About time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Good this is getting ridiculous. Law suits should not be a legitimate business model.

  2. There will be nothing to stop us this time... by GreyWolf3000 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...armed with a soccer mom at our side, I seriously doubt any branch of the government will take our opposition seriously. Because the **AA's buy the politicians, but they still have to sell them to soccer moms.

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  3. Re:Judge Colleen McMahon, nominated by... by The+Outbreak+Monkey · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Good cough. However...

    While Clinton signed the DMCA, the RIAA were the ones that decided to use it for extortion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extortion). Luckily, a judge that Clinton appointed is trying to put a stop to that. Checks and balances...more than just an idea?

    Good cough none the less ;) Touché.

  4. Re:Finally..... by CDMA_Demo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    In Gandhi's world:

    First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.

      Gandhi

  5. Re:The Anwser is the ACLU by shalla · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Homosexuals sue to get married, which is an act under GOD and not man.

    Really? I wasn't aware of that. And here I got legally married by a district magistrate and didn't even know he was working for God. And all those papers I filed, did they go to God too?

    Is God responsible for insurance coverage and cost differences based on marital status of a household?

    Marriage is not only a religious institution. Historically, it's been used as a way to determine inheritance, cement alliances, transfer property, and establish responsibility and rights for others. Saying it is only a religious institution is a fairly narrow view. It can also be legal, cultural, societal, economic, and religious.

  6. Re:An embarassment, really... by mrchaotica · · Score: 5, Insightful
    I'm an author, and that means I'm an intellectual rights advocate.
    No it doesn't. It means you're an author. You might also be an intellectual rights advocate, but the one does not imply the other.

    As an example, Ben Franklin was an inventor, yet he was an opponent of "intellectual property." Out of all the things he invented (the Franklin stove, bifocals, etc.) none of them were patented.

    every time some music is pirated, it IS money that would have otherwise gone to the artist
    Not necessarily. In my experience, most people who download music would have just done without otherwise.

    You seem to have some problems constructing a logical argument. Specifically, you tend to assert that A implies B, even when it doesn't. Perhaps you should read up on logical fallacies so as to actually be able to convince thinking people. Pay special attention to begging the question.
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