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."

Comments

Re:FUCKING AMERICAN PIG-DOG

[cbiltcliffe]

How about that? It's an asshole grammar nazi, who doesn't even know what the hell they're talking about.

The GP's grammar was just fine.

You, on the other hand, just suck.

Re:An embarassment, really...

[Garwulf]

Perhaps the statement is a logical fallacy when it comes down to it, but my experience has been that most people who go through the trial by fire to become bona fide authors are pretty firm when it comes to intellectual rights. In fact, I don't think I've met a single pro author who isn't. For that matter, part of being a professional author is understanding that you make your living through your royalties, and it is therefore very important to protect them.

It is an odd world, but it is true. You can be a successful writer without great talent, but you can't be one without business saavy. No noble patrons out there anymore to help us along the way.