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.'"

Comments

Re:Unclean Hands

[jobin]

It's another strange legal term. Wikipedia knows what it means.

Re:Wow.

[NewYorkCountryLawyer]

Yes indeed, Go Ms. Lindor! Does anyone know if or how a fellow could donate to her cause?

1. To donate to defendants in RIAA cases, use this link.

2. If you wish to earmark the contribution for this specific case indicate that it's for "UMG v. Lindor".

3. Thank you. Bless you.

Re:Wow.

[NewYorkCountryLawyer]

There should be a fund to help people sued by the RIAA fight back instead of paying extortion money. There is. Here's the link.