Lawsuit Against RIAA Tries To Stop Them All

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Tanya Anderson has filed an amended complaint against the RIAA. One of the more interesting provisions in it is in the 18th claim, which seeks to stop the RIAA from 'continuing to engage in criminal investigation of private American citizens', no doubt referring to the unlicensed MediaSentry investigations. If granted, that could shut down the RIAA lawsuits entirely. Naturally, the RIAA doesn't like this at all. First, they got the judge to agree that the original complaint was too light on the details, so it was amended. Now the RIAA complains that it's too long, because it's 108 pages filled with the RIAA's dirty laundry. You may remember this as the countersuit to the lawsuit where RIAA lawyers tried to grill a 10-year-old girl, only later to drop their case for lack of evidence and have the mother sue them for malicious prosecution."

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Re:I really hope she wins this

[electrictroy]

I think "stealing" is an appropriate word. Infringing sounds too kind; like looting... makes it sound harmless. I prefer to calling looting as stealing, and the people who do it, thieves. ----- Anyway. If for example Stephen King spent a year of his life crafting his latest novel, and you download it for free off the internet, you've not stolen property. No physical object has been removed.

But you have stolen Mr. King's labor.

Theft of labor is a human rights violation, and I prefer not to trample on other people's rights. If I enjoy King's work (and I do) then I'm going to pay him for it, same as I get paid by my employer for my work. He deserves to be compensated for his time and effort.