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NYCL Responds to RIAA Accusations

Posted by timothy on from the bob-dole-and-nycl-never-seen-in-same-room dept.

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "You may recall that when the RIAA decided to run away with its tail between its legs in the long running Brooklyn case against a home health aide who has never used a computer, UMG v. Lindor, it decided to take some parting shots at the defendant and NewYorkCountryLawyer, asking for 'discovery sanctions,' and blaming them for its inability to prove its case. Today NYCL gave them his response, accusing the RIAA lawyers of persistent misstatements of fact (PDF) throughout their motion papers, and of flouting the rules and misstating the law (PDF). Although the RIAA's motion papers took a number of shots at NYCL's copyright law blog, 'Recording Industry vs. The People,' NYCL confined his response on that subject to a single footnote."

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  1. pettyness by girlintraining · · Score: 5, Funny

    This kind of behavior is the lawyer equivalent of turning the lights off while someone else is in the bathroom. They probably left the toilet seat up too. Grr. Argh... wet socks.

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    1. Re:pettyness by Sfing_ter · · Score: 3, Funny

      if you don't know where your junk is by now - enough to find it in the dark and wipe it, then the utes of this world are in peril.

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    2. Re:pettyness by risk+one · · Score: 3, Funny

      I think if you're shitting on your junk, you've got a problem to begin with.

  2. Third Person by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    NYCL writes in third person? Anonymous coward approves.

    1. Re:Third Person by Bieeanda · · Score: 4, Funny

      All real superheroes do.

    2. Re:Third Person by pipingguy · · Score: 4, Funny

      more of my submissions are rejected than submitted.

      Hey, he's a lawyer, not a mathematician, dammit!

    3. Re:Third Person by Andy_R · · Score: 3, Funny

      By day, he's mild mannered lawyer Ray Beckerman, but by night he becomes.... THE UNDERSIGNED!

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  3. Give 'em Hell, NYCL!! by Jane+Q.+Public · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sounds like a pep rally cheer, doesn't it?

  4. Re:Way to go! by cp.tar · · Score: 5, Funny

    Besides, if firefighters fight fires, and crime fighters fight crime, what do freedom fighters fight?

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  5. Don't mess with Ray by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
    From his CV:

    Personal interests

    -Recreational distance runner from 5k to half marathon; beginner level student of Kung Fu.

    http://beckermanlegal.com/attorney_profile

  6. Re:Fascism We Can Believe In! by Enry · · Score: 5, Funny

    Service guarantees citizenship. Would you like to know more?

  7. Re:Way to go! by ScrewMaster · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'd say more than that, NYCL is a bona-fide Freedom Fighter.

    One man's Freedom Fighter is another man's Terrorist.

    Nice quip, but ... how many people here are feeling terrified of Mr. Beckerman? Show of hands, please. What? Nobody? No, Mr. Bainwol, you don't get a vote.

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  8. Re:Way to go! by The+Redster! · · Score: 3, Funny

    French!

  9. Tried to resist but couldn't ... by ScrewMaster · · Score: 3, Funny

    By day, he's mild mannered lawyer Ray Beckerman, but by night he becomes.... THE UNDERSIGNED!

    There's no need to fear, Undersigned is here!

    When criminals in this world appear,
    And break the laws that they should fear,
    And frighten all who see or hear,
    The cry goes up both far and near for

    Undersigned, Undersigned,
    Undersigned, Undersigned.

    Speed of lightning, roar of thunder,
    Fighting all who rob or plunder

    Undersigned, Undersigned.

    When in this world the headlines read
    Of those who's hearts are filled with greed
    And rob and steal from those in need.
    To right this wrong with blinding speed goes

    Undersigned, Undersigned,
    Undersigned, Undersigned.

    Speed of lightning, roar of thunder,
    Fighting all who rob or plunder

    Undersigned, Undersigned.

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    The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
  10. Re:One man army? by GNious · · Score: 3, Funny

    [...] I have the law on my side. Doesn't that give me the advantage, ultimately?

    You're new to this law-thing, right?

  11. Re:Fascism We Can Believe In! by Dan541 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hey,

    Don't dump your Americans on us...

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  12. Re:Way to go! by NewYorkCountryLawyer · · Score: 3, Funny

    i'll bet they removed you from their Christmas card list too, eh

    I don't think these guys have a Christmas list. I think they have a Halloween list.

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