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RIAA's Throwing In the Towel Covered a Sucker Punch
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The RIAA threw in the towel, all right, but was only doing it in preparation for throwing a sucker punch. After dropping its 'making available' case, Warner v. Cassin, before Judge Robinson could decide whether to dismiss or not, it was only trying to do an 'end run' (if I may mix my sports metaphors) around the judge's deciding the motion and freezing discovery. The RIAA immediately, and secretly, filed a new case against the family, calling this one 'Warner v. Does 1-4.' In their papers the lawyers 'forgot' to mention that the new case was related. As a result, Does 1-4 was assigned to another judge, who knew nothing about the old case. The RIAA lawyers also may have forgotten that they couldn't bring any more cases over this same claim, since they'd already dismissed it twice before. Not to worry, NYCL wrote letters to both judges, reminding them of what the RIAA lawyers had forgotten."
The world is wrong, I've been depressed for years and I've finally decided I want to kill myself and I'd like some people to give me recommendations on the method most likely to succeed. And I'm posting here because NYCL is precisely the kind of self-absorbed cunt that makes the world so unbearable.
Way to try to justify illegal piracy, you thieving little cocksuckers.
Sending a letter to judges to tell them what is going on in their own courtroom? When you are a party to neither case? Clearly because you have a bone to pick with one of the parties?
Contemptible. Reprehensible. Absolutely pathetic. If I were either judge I would send I nice letter to this lawyer to come down for a nice chat where I tell him to stay the hell away from cases pending before my court.
There is nothing more sad than an attorney putting their own moralistic crusade over propriety and- yes- ethics. You're not a party, it isn't an appellate case where outsiders get their voices heard, so the ethic thing is to keep your nose out of the court's- and the parties'- business.
Yeah. The sooner we disbar Ray Beckman the better. Or at least cancel his slashdot posting rights.