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ABA Judges Get an Earful About RIAA Litigations
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "I was afforded the opportunity to write for a slightly different audience — the judges who belong to the Judicial Division of the American Bar Association. I was invited by the The Judges Journal, their quarterly publication, to do a piece on the RIAA litigations for the ABA's Summer 2008 'Equal Access to Justice' issue. What I came up with was 'Large Recording Companies vs. The Defenseless: Some Common Sense Solutions to the Challenges of the RIAA Litigations,' in which I describe the unfairness of these cases and make 15 suggestions as to how the courts could level the playing field. I'm hoping the judges mod my article '+5 Insightful,' but I'd settle for '+3 Informative.' Here is the actual article (PDF). (If anyone out there can send me a decent HTML version of it, I'll run that one up the flagpole as well.)" Wired is helping to spread the word on Ray's article.
That article has a picture of you. Do you know what that means? It means it's harder to make snarky comments. Now my replies need to be thought out!
I mean, you look like one of us(except for the monkey suit).
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The appropriate salutation is "a/s/l?"
I also wish for a pony.
And blackjack!
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Saw your pic. I thought you were younger!
I used to be much younger. But that was quite a while ago.
Ray Beckerman +5 Insightful
music thieves and the large Internet criminal element do thank you, NewYorkCountryLawyer
Is that you, MediaSentry? I didn't know the internet criminal element were posting in this thread.
Ray Beckerman +5 Insightful
Funny, I didn't realize the ABA utilized slashcode.
I guess you didn't read my Slashdot interview and the comments which followed it, where I said quite clearly:
Thank you all for the interview, and for the rough and tumble comment period which followed it. I really enjoyed it. It was incredible fun. I've even learned an important new legal research method in the process. A lawyer can't just read a bunch of cases and statutes to know what the law is. He also needs to come to Slashdot, because if somebody here says something's the law, and it gets moderated to +5, then it's the law. Maybe lawyers don't know it, and Congress doesn't know it, and the judges don't know it, but sooner or later, I'm sure they'll come around.
The legal profession is just starting to catch up to Slashdot, but we'll come around.
Ray Beckerman +5 Insightful
It has become a geek meme. Can also be used as a pickup line, as in "Hey, babe, anyone ever tell you you're +5 beautiful?" Followed shortly by, "Hey, sweet stuff, I see you've barfed in your drink. Can I buy you another?"
Loose lips lose spit.
He gets paid to submit articles to Slashdot?
"Sacrifice for the good of The State" - The State
Ladies and gentlemen, I have uncovered a plot! A fiendish plot that undermines the very foundations of Slashdot itself!
Notice how Ray Beckerman goes out and defends people against the RIAA, to win the hearts and minds of Slashdotters. Then he uses that goodwill to get stories published from the firehose, onto the front page. What happens next is the really fiendish bit: he posts a series of comments on the article, whereupon the moderators invariably mod them up to +5.
Can't you see what he's doing? It all fits: Ray Beckerman is a karma whore! This is a bigger conspiracy than twitter and his sock puppets!
5) None of the above.
Ray Beckerman +5 Insightful
If you have hookers, why screw the pony?
Unless...
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Shed a tear? I'd pay for the bacon!
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I? Who the fuck are you?
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Ray Beckerman +5 Insightful
Ray, You rock! Great article! I'm not worthy. I'm not worthy. Seriously, I sent the link to both my friends!
Thanks for reminding me. I need to send it to my friend.
Ray Beckerman +5 Insightful
He gets paid to submit articles to Slashdot?
Don't I wish.
Ray Beckerman +5 Insightful