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RIAA Wants Agreements to Stay Secret
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The RIAA is opposing Ms. Lindor's request for discovery into the agreements among the record company competitors by which they have agreed to settle and prosecute their cases together, by which she seeks to support her Fourth Affirmative Defense (pdf) alleging that 'The plaintiffs, who are competitors, are a cartel acting collusively in violation of the antitrust laws and of public policy, by tying their copyrights to each other, collusively litigating and settling all cases together, and by entering into an unlawful agreement among themselves to prosecute and to dispose of all cases in accordance with a uniform agreement, and through common lawyers, thus overreaching the bounds and scope of whatever copyrights they might have. ...As such, they are guilty of misuse of their copyrights.'"
Dick Cheney will have somewhere to work when he's out of office.
Damn straight! A very kind letter of encouragement to Ms Lindor is in the mail. I invite everyone to show their appreciation, as the aftermath of these litigious times will affect more than just the music industry. The precedents set here will leave a lasting mark on the legal landscape in the U.S.
So, the tally is:
1 American I actually like
300 million to go
-Billco, Fnarg.com
All those contracts are legit and above board, right? what have you got to hide?
Patriotism is a virtue of the vicious
300 million to go
Like most of my fellow Americans, I make more money than I know what to do with. Keep talking shit, and I would love to use some of it in flying over there on my personal Leer, simply so that I can swat you like a fly. (Note to mods: Tongue-in-cheek humor involved here. If you don't get it, don't take that out on my poor, innocent karma.)