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RIAA Protests Oregon AG Discovery Request
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The RIAA is apparently having an allergic reaction to the request by the State Attorney General of Oregon for information about the RIAA's investigative tactics. The request came in Arista v. Does 1-17, the Portland, Oregon, case targeting students at the University of Oregon. Not only are the record companies opposing the request (pdf), they're asking the Judge not to even read it. (pdf)"
Nevermind our tactics, just give us the convictions (oh, and the penalty money too) we seek!
I object to this motion on the grounds that it may allow the defense to finally prove that I'm a heinous bitch.
:)
Good one.
Ray Beckerman +5 Insightful
No, but sur-real replies are apparently acceptable.
The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
Libraries in parallel universe....librarians that are monkeys (sorry, Apes),
its starting to sound like the RIAA are alumni of Unseen University.
I wonder if they have been helping themselves to the Bursars pills?
You shall know him by his Sig
You my friend are mistaken, the RIAA employees Wolfram & Hart, Attorneys at Law as their legal consul and as such, Wolfram & Hart has access to many different volumes of text the ordinary mortal attorney cannot fathom that exist. And unfortunately they do have a version of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that allows sur-replies motions be permitted. They only have to notify the judge as to which version they are quoting from. :)
Hope this helps.
Reality is for those who can't face Science Fiction.
I'm getting tired of articles about the RIAA. But I also keep being amazed about how an organization can be that clueless and detached from the real world. Anyway, wake me when they're being dismantled and cease to exist, OK?
-- Cheers!