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RICO Suit Filed Against Skype Founders
Stitch_Surfs writes "Defendant Skype Technologies S A, Niklas Zennstrom, Janus Friis, Kazaa, Bluemoon Ou and a slew of others have been named in a Rico Suit Filed by StreamCast Networks, of Houston, Texas. StreamCast is the company credited with the development of the Peer to Peer Technology called Morpheus. From the little information the courts have released, StreamCast is claiming that the group engaged in corrupt business practices."
It's quite scary that a group named Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization is allowed to fill suit against honest companies!
Suave!
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Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization
Wow! I didn't know that.
Can't this Act be used against the RIAA? Protection rackets seem to be exactly what RICO is about.
Is it possible that SteamCast is a surrogate for a larger organization or consortium?
Yes. That is possible.
RICO: any act or threat involving murder, kidnapping, arson, robbery, bribery and copyright infringement.
Question to people with a fragment of common sense left: what does not fit in?
(To make things a bit easier for our US-American friends, I have emboldened the term.)
Mother of God, is this the end of Rico?
Under the influence of Post-Cyberpunk Gonzo Journalism