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Boston University Student Challenges RIAA
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "A Boston University student identified only as one of the 21 'John Does' in Arista v. Does 1-21 has challenged the RIAA's alleged right to get his or her identity from the school, bringing a motion to vacate the ex parte discovery order obtained by the RIAA, and to quash the subpoena served on the university. John Doe's court papers (PDF) argue, among other things, that the RIAA's papers are 'based on a flawed theory that having copyrighted music files on an individual's computer or on an assigned folder on Boston University's server is a "distribution" of such copyrighted music files, where such folder is merely accessible by others.'"
Its your American right to distribute music! It's lude, crude, litigious, OUTRAGEOUS!
who are illegally distributing music to me through the solid walls of my friend's house from three blocks over.
Sometimes they distribute music to her from 5:30am to 2am.
She was like chocolate when she drank... semi-sweet at first and then increasingly bitter.
If one more person posts an analogy involving a CD left on a table in a public place, I will club this baby seal to death.
Ceci n'est pas une sig.
I'd be okay with them copying my beer.
Thanks for the laugh! The attorneys for the RIAA goof it up before they even get started:
MR. OPPENHEIM: Good morning, your Honor.
THE COURT: Good afternoon.
MR. OPPENHEIM: Good afternoon, that's right.
Its as if they woke up on somebody's carpet, ran into a tailor's store, grabbed a suit, and walked in to sue someone, but that's to be expected from RIAA.
"I think that your comparison is fallacious."
For a second there, I read "your comparison sucks"
That would be, "Your comparison is fellatious."
Sorry, I can't believe I actually typed that...
Life, the Universe, and Everything... in my image.