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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)."
What music do you like little girl? "well mista..umm britney spears"
And it makes sense, too: when someone isn't old enough to vote, drive a car, drink a beer, smoke a cigarette or have sex with their girl-/boyfriend, why should they be old enough to be put on trial?
For the simple reason that there's money to be made. You're not looking for any moral basis, are you?
What?
what i think is you as people can stop this. just mail or call your congressman and give him/her a piece of your mind. contrary to turkey, i have an impression that congressman in united states actually vaguely care about constituents and if enough number of constituents blows their ears off, they take action.
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One could argue that the US doesn't have a government competent enough to sign it ;)
Ryan-The days just are not the same as the "dolphin safe tuna" days.
At least now a days, they have the decency to lie about dolphin being in your tuna...
"You should always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't come to yours." -- Yogi Berra
Read the news, but make sure you keep your grain of salt with you at all times.
People who think they know everything really piss off those of us that actually do.
Yeah, there's HuRiCon in Vegas every year, and RightsCon in NYC. And I think there's a group trying to start a new on in Dallas. I really want to bring my letters to major dicatators over the years when I go to RightsCon and get them signed. And its so cool to hear about all the new rights before anyone else. I'm so stoaked!
Hmm... they want to be able to meet with a ten-year-old girl in person. Now I may have been around the seedier sides of the internet a bit too much, but does that sound a little disturbing to you?
A nervous-looking man wearing a conservative suit and carrying a briefcase enters an ordinary suburban home. He hears the "ten year old" he's arranged to meet call that she will be down in a minute as soon as she fetches her MP3 player.
He is startled when Chris Hansen enters the room...
Honestly though, I'm starting to feel like some sort of devious anti-industry genius has infiltrated the RIAA and is brilliantly coordinating a devastating bad-publicity campaign.
It Is the Nature of Information to Transgress Artificial Boundaries
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Seeking Double Normal Settlement Fee
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Says Pooch Was Alone in House All Day -- Had Ample Time and Opportunity to Download
Suspect Responds "Arf! Arf! Grrr....."
RIAA Traces IP Address to Long-Vacant House
Hires "Ghostbusters" to Flush Out File-Sharing Ghosts
Spokesman: "Just Because Someone is a Disembodied Spirit Doesn't Let Them Off the Hook"
"Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket." -- Eric Hoffer
Hey it's not nice to pick on the mentally retarded. GW bush won our government special olympics twice.
Problem is that that fact speaks volumes to the collective IQ of this country.
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
I just wanted to disown him, Texas gets enough bad rap :)
The RIAA sues 7-10yr old girls. Due to the extraordinary debt they owe for the rest of their lives these girls can't get loans for educations or achieve any success of their own in life. What does all this mean?
Simple my friend. It means in 10 years there will be a blanket lowering of the bar for how much cash you must have to get a quality piece of ass. I used to be against the RIAA because the laws like the DMCA they push for affect technology and software development and since that impacts every industry and form of production used in industrialized nations those laws literally set mankind back by decades.
Now? Who gives a fsck how soon we colonize the moon; cure aids; develop a way to join a global mental collective, bring on that easy and quality next generation ass!