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Napster Legal Battle Reaches from Beyond the Grave
neelm writes "The EFF is reporting that EMI and Universal Music Group may have been caught lying to the Department of Justice in the 2001 antitrust investigation involving MusicNet, and pressplay. The 2001 investigation found no evidence of illegal efforts to monopolize digital music distribution, but new evidence presented by Hummer Winblad and Bertelsman ("original napster" investors) in their on-going defense from the RIAA suggests otherwise. The judge ruled that the documents to be turned over were not protected by attorney-client privilege because '[the court] finds reasonable cause to believe that the attorney's services were utilized in furtherance of the ongoing unlawful scheme.'"
Whoa. The RIAA might be lying. Let me sit down a minute and get my bearings.... This is pretty shocking. Give me a paper bag so I don't hyperventilate.
Ah, it's the old "tunnelling over a PPP connection on a Ouija board" trick.
I know it is unpopular to have "morals" these days, but please get a grip. Even if these guys conspired to rip off music consumers, they do not deserve to be raped.
You're correct of course. Tarring, feathering setting on fire and hanging is the appropriate punishment.
By the way, which label do you work for?
What's with geeks and "pound me in the ass"?
It's from the movie "Office Space". Sorry, but your fantasies about anal sex with geeks will have to go unfulfilled.
Trolling is a art,
sounds like a Douglas Adams character
No worries - the RIAA just needs to buy a law stating that, "Any activities by any RIAA affilliate shall not be considered in violation of any law."
Stop-Prism.org: Opt Out of Surveillance
But isn't the golden rule "Do Unto OTHERS as you would have them do unto you?"
...EMI and Universal Music Group may have been caught lying to the Department of Justice in the 2001 antitrust investigation, involving MusicNet and pressplay... illegal efforts to monopolize digital music distribution
We all know how MusicNet and Pressplay went on to dominate digital music market...
I guess I just don't understand... Why is it I can't tell the difference between the two acronyms: "RIAA" and "RICO"?
That seems unecessarily wasteful.
How about using the offenders as filler in highway repaving projects?
I'm driving on sunshine, woahoh, and don't it feel good!
Universal lawyer: This is not the evidence you're looking for.
Judge: This is not the evidence I'm looking for.
Universal lawyer: Universal did not lie to the DOJ.
Judge: Universal did not lie to the DOJ.
Universal lawyer: My client may pass.
Judge: Your client may pass.
Universal lawyer: Case closed.
Judge: (slam) Case closed.
Universal sub-exec: Wow. Is that the Force?
Universal lawyer: Kinda. Down here, we call it "money".
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
I bet the original poster uses the acronym IANAL a lot...
I thought this was a *BSD thread...
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