RIAA Bullies Witnesses Into Perjury

QT writes "A Michigan couple is counter-suing the RIAA after they learned that the RIAA had bullied their witnesses into lying. The story revolves around a 15-year-old girl who, when deposed, told how RIAA lawyers told her that she had to commit perjury just so they could win their case. From the article: 'Q - Did [the RIAA lawyer] tell you why he needed you to stick with your original false story? A - Because he said he didn't have a case unless I did. Q - So, he told you that he didn't have a case unless you stuck with the original false story?'"

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This is a surprise?

[HangingChad]

Well, this is isn't that much worse than some of the things they've done before. This isn't about winning cases, it's about intimidating people. RIAA has in the past employed people to pretend to be police officers to "raid" flea market booths. Suing grandparents and single moms is all in a day's work. So you're *shocked* they would coach and intimidate a 15 year old? Get real. They'll do worse than that and they'll keep it up until the FBI raids their offices and hauls away the top execs. But since most of the top people at RIAA are Republican, you can forget about that happening, just like you can forget about that criminal Bush being impeached.

Our history is littered with over-reaching corporations. This is just an over-reaching corporate organization designed to shield their member companies from liability. So if RIAA ever does go too far Sony-BMG can put on their best corporate innocent look and say they never authorized THAT.

But as long as Republicans run our government, this is going to be how you're going to be treated by corporate Amerika. While both parties may be corrupt to a greater or lesser degree, Republicans have taken a giant step towards fascism. Governmeny by big business, for big business. Anyone care to argue that's not the defacto situation we have now?

Republicans are corrupt to the core and no one who calls themselves a Christian can continue to support them with a clean conscience. Not that they didn't have to kid themselves before, but now they do it knowingly.

Re:If Im not mistaken

[SeaEye420]

Perjury in the US comes with a sentence of at least a few years in prison.

Unless you're President Clinton and lying in front of the entire nation. :-D

Come on, folks!

[NixLuver]

We all know that this is a Soviet^H^H^H^H^H^H Al Qaeda Plot to destroy America's Most Valuable Assets! This little chick is a deep-cover MOLE! Can't you see the WRITING on the *wall*!?!?! If we accept this outrage, what's next? Dogs and Cats living together?