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U. Maine Law Students Trying To Shut RIAA Down
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "Remember those pesky student attorneys from the University of Maine School of Law's Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic, who inspired the Magistrate Judge to suggest monetary fines against the RIAA lawyers? Well they're in the RIAA's face once again, and this time they're trying to shut down the RIAA's whole 'discovery' machine: the lawsuits it files against 'John Does' in order to find out their names and addresses. They've gone and filed a Rule 11 motion for sanctions (PDF), seeking — among other things — an injunction against all such 'John Doe' cases, arguing that the cases seek to circumvent the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act which protects student privacy rights, are brought for improper purposes of obtaining discovery, getting publicity, and intimidation, and are in flagrant violation of the joinder rules and numerous court orders. If the injunction is granted, the RIAA will have to go back to the drawing board to find another way of finding out the identities of college students, and the ruling — depending on its reasoning — might even be applicable to the non-college cases involving commercial ISPs."
That's right, it was I who falsely accused thousands of innocent people of having violated copyright. And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids!
And note,Last time I checked, porn stars aren't paid for producing gibberish.
"Trolls they were, but filled with the evil will of their master: a fell race..." -- J.R.R. Tolkien on Olog-hai
Last time I checked, porn stars aren't paid for producing gibberish.
Hence the BAD FUCKING ANALOGY. WTF were you expecting?
Geez, and here I was thinking it was 10 with just a little bit extra.
Have you ever been subjected to porn which attempts to actually have a dialog and maybe a plot? Believe me, these people aren't really capable of delivering lines. It's purely gibberish, and jarringly annoying.
Er, at least, that's what I've been told. Yeah, that's it. I, uh, read it on line some place.
Cheers
Lost at C:>. Found at C.
Geez, and here I was thinking it was 10 with just a little bit extra.
These go to eleven.
In Soviet Russia, Jesus asks: "What Would You Do?"
I'd prefer to see Rule 37 used: There is no "overkill". There is only "open fire" and "I need to reload."
Justice is the sheep getting arrested while an impartial judge declares the vote void.
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Yeah, I just read the scripts.
There was no need for that. Apologise.
simon
OMG! Democrats and Republicans are dominating Congress?!! Run for the hills!
This "government enforced monopoly" basically boils down to being able to pass the
entrance exam into law school. That's really not much of a bar. That's much like
saying there is a conspiracy to limit the supply of programmers and engineers.
Actually, the latter makes far more sense. The BS level is higher.
A Pirate and a Puritan look the same on a balance sheet.
Have you ever watched porn close caption?
"Have you ever watched porn close caption?"
Transcribing porn for the hearing impaired.
"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly." A. Carlson
Sounds almost as useless as porn via braille.
I don't question the money my doctor will make when he sticks needles in my eye tomorrow.
Aren't you taking the whole "cross my heart, hope to die" thing a little too far?
Where does the school board find them and why do they keep sending them to ME?
You know, I really wish I hadn't said that as a kid!
I have a detached retina. Dr. Odin is going to do a Pneumatic retinopexy and a Vitrectomy. I'll probably write a journal about it, maybe Friday but probably Monday.
mcgrew's razor: Never attribute to stupidity that which can be explained by greedy self-interest