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RIAA Accused of Extortion & Conspiracy
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The defendant in a Tampa, Florida, case, UMG v. Del Cid, has filed counterclaims accusing the RIAA record labels of conspiracy and extortion. The counterclaims (pdf) are for Trespass, Computer Fraud and Abuse (18 USC 1030), Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices (Fla. Stat. 501.201), Civil Extortion (CA Penal Code 519 & 523), and Civil Conspiracy involving (a) use of private investigators without license in violation of Fla. Stat. Chapter 493; (b) unauthorized access to a protected computer system, in interstate commerce, for the purpose of obtaining information in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1030 (a)(2)(C); (c) extortion in violation of Ca. Penal Code 519 and 523; and (d) knowingly collecting an unlawful consumer debt, and using abus[ive] means to do so, in violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. 1692a et seq. and Fla. Stat. 559.72 et seq."
I don't think that word means what you think it means.
Peace sells, but who's buying?
If you look at Section 72 paragraph 14, subsection 8 sentence 2 (3f33.v2.7) of the Florida code (version 23.4.2a) you will clearly see that it is superceded by Federal code 4323F.2b4#*R, page 492 subsection B, paragraph 12, sentences 3-7.
Inconceivable.
Irony: that has ironness.
...welcome our counterclaim filing peers!
when I think "FUCK YEAH, STICK IT TO THEM". Man I should have fits like that a little more often, it's liberating.
"Some books contain the machinery required to create and sustain universes."-Tycho
the RIAArdvark came across a Black Widow... who ate it for lunch. Gulp!
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(my gift to you)
The ferrousness of the situation?
You've got to admit it sounds great to the ears
Um that's why people share files. Most of the RIAA music doesn't sound good for the ears, and we're sick of paying for a whole CD to get the one good track on it that they never release as a single!
I drink to make other people interesting!
If its right, it would become more common and suddenly, its wrong! Where does such logic lead?
To the War on Drugs.
A cruise ship? A really big hotel?
... ...Spoons-R-Us? ...no?
A spoon manufacturer?
i hope he doesn't lose the text file he keeps it in.
What happens if the judge determines that the evidence collected by the RIAA in this particular case is sufficient and rules in favour of the cartel?
It's quite possible from a legal perspective. This would create a precedent that is only going to encourage the RIAA to sue more and more.
From a moral perspective this is much like seeing a disturbed, criminally insane child accidentally discharge a gun and kill someone, and reward him by giving him an AK-47 in a crowded shopping mall.
I am government man, come from the government. The government has sent me. -- G.I.R.
Wow. I thought I was the king of off-the-wall analogies. But you've just dethroned me.
*applause*
thx gir.
THUD~*
"The defendent...has filed counterclaims accusing the RIAA record labels of conspiracy and extortion." +1
It can't say "intentionally left blank" if it were really blank, now could it?
It really should say something like "This Space Intentionally Left Almost Blank".
RIAA: "All your MP3 are belong to us" User: "ORLY" RIAA" "YA RLY" USER: "NO WAI"
Yes the RIAA protection racket is more like the Mafia than Microsoft's protection racket. Ballmer "You need protection or nasty things could happen to you and your customers, so take this big wad of money and we'll protect you"
I, as well, was introduced to this phrase by a college buddy who grew up in Walla Walla. Then again, if Aussies are using it, and with the state penitentiary in close proximity, it could just be prison slang.
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the (supposed) good of its victims may be the most oppressive
Ironicly, our NFL team here in Tampa Bay is the Buccaneers...
http://www.buccaneers.com/
Wanna fight ? Bend over, stick your head up your ass, and fight for air.
My money's on the evil lawyers.
-- A good compromise leaves everyone mad. --Calvin and Hobbes
copyrigth-infringement ... threathened ... rigth ... copyrigth-law ... Copyrigth-law ... copyrigth-holders ... sligthly ... copyrigth-law ... sligthly ... copyrigth-law
I don't think I've ever seen someone type with a lisp before.
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