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Teen Accuses Record Companies of Collusion
evilned1 writes "A 16-year-old boy being sued by five record companies accusing him of online music piracy, accused the recording industry on Tuesday of violating antitrust laws, conspiring to defraud the courts and making extortionate threats."
The record industry has suffered enormously due to piracy. That includes thousands of layoffs. We must protect our rights. Nothing in a filing full of recycled charges that have gone nowhere in the past changes that fact.
Uh... yeah, no kidding. I thought the RIAA's past legal failures should have already taught them that. Oh, wait... were they talking about the kid's charges?
If the recording industry is hurting soo badly, where the hell are they getting the money for all theese lawsuits & lawyers ?
Dumping their SCOX?
Maybe I'll donate to a dictionary since they educate people on the definition of "imply".
The Farewell Tour II
All but two stores in the popular Tower Records chain just went out of business. They still have online sales, but I'm sure there's a lot of retail employees that lost their jobs.
Obviously, their mistake is in not raising prices to cover their losses. Maybe if they raised their prices high enough all the illegal downloaders would realize what a mistake they've made and start buying their music.
This is exactly the kind of thing a 15-year-old kid would boast to his friends about... "Hey, if these fuckers came after me, why, I'd counter-sue their ass for defamation and slander, and .. and libel!". Except he's actually doing it. Yeah! That's funny! (you can +5 me funny and stuff for pointing that out!)
*blinks*
It's true no man is an island, but if you take a bunch of dead guys and tie 'em together, they make a good raft.
*RIAA finds downloaded music*
RIAA - "let's go sue the mother"
*RIAA looses case*
RIAA - "let's go sue the kids!"
*RIAA eventually looses this case as well*
RIAA - "hmmm... who are we going to sue next?.. Hey! They have a cat!"
Good thing they didn't have a baby...