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Record Company Collusion a Defense to RIAA Case?

Posted by samzenpus on from the fight-the-power dept.

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "Is collusion by the record companies a defense to an RIAA case? We're about to find out, because the RIAA has made a motion to strike the affirmative defense of Marie Lindor, who alleged 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" in UMG v. Lindor."

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  1. A defense? by nekozid · · Score: 1, Troll

    Yep, it sure is *a* defense.

  2. Re:We all saw it coming. by squiggleslash · · Score: 0, Troll

    Still, I wanna shake this woman and her lawyers' hands for this.

    Yeah, I'm sure pissing off the judge with bogus irrelevancies and, well, pseudo-legal arguments is really going to help the woman get a judgment in her favour.

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  3. Re:We all saw it coming. by westlake · · Score: 0, Troll
    The be more realistic they are attempting to hide behind the RIAA, so all the negative public reaction is directed at the RIAA and it's lawyers, rather than the music publisher and the artists in question

    Negative public reaction? What reaction?

    Slashdot posts on copyright infringement almost always link to another self-referential blog: " Recording Industry vs The People."

    Not to a source that is likely to have a broader readership or impact.