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Russian Court Acquits allofmp3.com Owner

Posted by kdawson on from the first-step-on-a-long-road dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Denis Kvasov, former owner of the music download website allofmp3.com, has been acquitted of violating intellectual property laws in a Moscow court. The court cited insufficient evidence of criminal activity — a question of fact — without touching the question of law of whether the site's activities (had they been proven by the prosecution) actually violated Russian copyright law. The trial's presiding judge said, 'I want to draw particular attention to the sloppy job done by prosecutors in collecting and analyzing the facts.' According to the Moscow Times, though, the allofmp3.com case is far from over. Two more criminal trials are scheduled to take place: one against Vladimir Mamotin, the media director of MediaServices, the parent company of allofmp3.com, and another against the company itself."

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  1. Career opportunities... by Shadow+Wrought · · Score: 5, Funny
    I want to draw particular attention to the sloppy job done by prosecutors in collecting and analyzing the facts.

    Its not the prosecutor's fault- they were taught by RIAA lawyers.

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    1. Re:Career opportunities... by pimpimpim · · Score: 3, Funny

      I would mod this insightful, but, as with so many things, it is funny because it is true.

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  2. Re:What a shocking development! by Stanistani · · Score: 1, Funny

    Judge: "I want to draw particular attention to the sloppy job done by prosecutors in collecting and analyzing the facts."

    Owww!

    That will leave a mark.

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  3. Re:Not really.... by un1xl0ser · · Score: 1, Funny

    im in ur soviet russia
    belonging all of your mp3s

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  4. First? by u0berdev · · Score: 1, Funny

    In Soviet Russia, Allofmp3.com owner acquits YOU!

  5. russian courts by j00r0m4nc3r · · Score: 2, Funny

    It still so weird to read about the new Russian court system. I always just figured the Russian court system was a guy named Yuri with an AK-47.

  6. Re:As many have said by The-Bus · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think the common saying goes like this: "A snowflake's chance in hel--

    Nevermind. I see you got it right.

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