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RIAA Going After a 10-Year-Old Girl
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The latest target of the RIAA's ire is a 10-year-old girl in Oregon, who was 7 when the alleged infringement occurred, and whose disabled mother lives on Social Security. In Atlantic v. Andersen, an Oregon case that was widely reported in 2005 when the defendant counterclaimed against the RIAA under Oregon's RICO statute and other laws, the defendant's mother sought to limit the RIAA's deposition of the child to telephone or video-conference. The RIAA has refused, insisting on being able to grill the little girl in person. Here are court documents (PDF)."
(Indian referrin to both the country and the politically incorrect former name of native americans.)
Those indies might start their full moniker instead of indie, as independent puts much more emphasis on their main uniting asset: they are not part of the RIAA. Or change the moniker to ANTI-RIAA.
And to any Indians (in both meanings) I insulted: sorry, it's just a matter of taste and culture ok?
This space is intentionally staring blankly at you
The only reason this is happening is because you allowed it.
No, there is not a comparison.
When you shoplift, you take an actual tangable object. The store is deprived of the ablity to sell that object to a customer and there is a true monetary loss.
When you copy some abstract bits of data, you have not deprived anyone of anything. And, if you couldn't afford the bits in the first place, then even the vague concept of 'a potential sale lost' is nullified.
Try again. But think it thru before you waste my time again.
---- Booth was a patriot ----