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BusinessWeek Takes On the RIAA

Posted by kdawson on from the palpable-hit dept.

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "BusinessWeek magazine has gone medieval on the RIAA, recounting in grisly detail the cruel ordeal to which the RIAA has subjected a completely innocent defendant, Tanya Andersen of Oregon. Nobody can read the story and come to any other conclusion than that the RIAA and its lawyers are total jerks. Of course we've been reading about Atlantic v. Andersen on p2pnet.net and on my blog, and discussing it here, but there's something extra special about a mainstream publication like Business Week really letting them have it."

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  1. Ridiculous lawyers. by Sj0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Gabriel says it's not accurate to say the RIAA dropped its suit for lack of evidence. He says the user name Gotenkito may have been inspired by Kylee, since she admitted she liked Dragon Ball Z, a Japanese anime TV series that has a character with a similar name. He also says Andersen said in her deposition that she knew or listened to some of the country and rock artists whose songs were offered for download.

    If you take a far enough stretch, you can 'prove' anything.

    Hey, anyone here ever heard of Bon Jovi? THERE! PROOF YOU'RE A THIEF!

    Hey, is your kid a fan of a wildly popular TV show? THERE! THE COMPLETELY UNRELATED GUY'S USERNAME WAS VAGUELY JAPANESE! PROOF POSITIVE YOU'RE A THIEF!

    Hey, RIAA member companies brought Rammstein, a german band, to prominence. Hitler was German. THERE! PROOF POSITIVE THAT THE RIAA HELPED RUN NAZI DEATH CAMPS!

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    It's been a long time.
  2. Re:Contradictions by Aranykai · · Score: 2, Funny

    Damn my decimals.. Its 238 million.

    Ok, so my point is naught. Im going to go bury my head in the sand now and pretend that Im still smart.

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    If sharing a song makes you a pirate, what do I have to share to be a ninja?
  3. Total Jerks by Paradise+Pete · · Score: 2, Funny
    ...the RIAA and its lawyers are total jerks.

    Enough with the fancy lawyerin' talk. Give it to us in layman's terms.

  4. Re:It would be a good thing... by ChromaticDragon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well... everyone else probably needs a good mnemonic.

    They could use something like this...

    What does RIAA remind you of? Pigs, right?

    And what does the RIAA love to do? SUE, right?

    And what do you say to call in the pigs?

    SUE-W.... SU-EW...

    Sony-Universal-EMI-Warner...

    Here piggie...

  5. Re:It would be a good thing... by ThePepe · · Score: 3, Funny

    I like Warner, EMI, Sony, Universal.

    Otherwise known as W.E.S.U.