Another Victim Countersues RIAA Under RICO Act

devnulljapan is one of many users to let us know that another single mother is taking the fight to the RIAA. More than just standing up to them however, Tanya Anderson has decided to go on the offensive and countersue. In a move that aims to put the RIAA on the same level as your average organized crime syndicate the suit identifies violations of the Oregon RICO Act in addition to 'fraud, invasion of privacy, abuse of process, electronic trespass, violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, negligent misrepresentation, the tort of "outrage", and deceptive business practices.' Ms. Anderson has also demanded a trial by jury.

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Knuth, Justice and the American Way

[Doc Ruby]

RICO should be easily recognized by programmers. A RICO crime is like an array of individual crimes. It's the more manageable collection structure, both for racketeers racking up crimes into organzied crime businesses, and for prosecutors targeting them with evidence of those crimes. It's like the inverse of a "class action suit", which itself should be familiar to object-oriented programmers. With the law reinventing various programming patterns, how long will it be before we can submit new laws to a "justice compiler" to test whether it will execute? Something like a lintian "constitutionality validator"?

The recording industry and RICO

[panurge]

Let me see

• Well documented widespread use of drugs among execs and performers
• Alleged extensive use of bribery to ensure air time
• Women singers expected to look like prostitutes
• Male performers expected to look like and behave like violent criminals
• Large output of music advocating abuse of women, carrying and use of guns to settle disputes, drug taking and attacks on police.

In what way are the members of the RIAA NOT like organised criminal and racketeers?