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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. Fascism We Can Believe In! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Obama's American Dream: Servitude

    Kurt Nimmo
    Infowars
    November 7, 2008

    "When you choose to serve -- whether it's your nation, your community or simply your neighborhood -- you are connected to that fundamental American ideal that we want life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness not just for ourselves, but for all Americans. That's why it's called the American dream," declares Obama on the newly fashioned Office of the President-Elect website.

    Obama's vision of the American dream, however, will not consist of Americans freely choosing to volunteer to work in their communities and neighborhoods. It will be a requirement. "Obama will call on citizens of all ages to serve America, by developing a plan to require 50 hours of community service in middle school and high school and 100 hours of community service in college every year." (Emphasis added.)

    And it will not simply be the young who will be "called" by government mandate to serve. It will be everybody, including senior citizens. "Obama will encourage retiring Americans to serve by improving programs available for individuals over age 55, while at the same time promoting youth programs such as Youth Build and Head Start." The words "call" and "require" appear to be interchangeable in this context.

    As the Albuquerque Examiner mentioned yesterday, Obama's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, wants compulsory service imposed on eighteen and twenty-five year old Americans. "They'll be asked to report for three months of basic civil defense training in their state or community," writes Emanuel in his book, The Plan: Big Ideas for America. "These young people will be available to address their communities' most pressing needs."

    It now appears Emanuel's version of mandatory servitude, masquerading as patriotism, will not be limited to the young but will be imposed on all Americans, including retirees.

    In July, Obama revealed his plan for "a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded" as the U.S. military. In the speech, Obama said "People of all ages, stations, and skills will be asked to serve." He also said this mass movement requiring servitude "will be a central cause of my presidency."

    Charlie Rangle has authored a bill that may be dusted off after Obama enters the Oval Office. It's called the National Service Act and calls for a universal draft with two years of "service" for virtually all persons aged 18-42, with no deferment for college. The language of Rangel's bill states that "all persons in the United States between the ages of 18 and 42â be required to "perform national service, either as a member of the uniformed services or in civilian service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland security."

    In the months ahead, we can expect "public service," i.e., compulsory servitude, to be a mantelpiece of the Obama regime. It will be necessary because Obama will undoubtedly soon have no shortage of enemies -- that is to say, people opposed to his policies -- and a national Stasi framework, under the rubric of a "civilian national security force," will be required to ferret out enemies of the state. In addition, "carbon criminals" will need to be identified and rounded up and shipped off to re-education and forced labor camps.

    Considering the emotional zeal of Obama's kool aid drinkers -- frighteningly on display as Obama swept the election -- there will likely to be no shortage of recruits to enthusiastically enforce his decrees, actually decrees passed down by the globalist New World Order.

    In a historical sense, this is fascism on steroids.

    Addendum

    Obama's crew have reworded the text on the "America Serves" area of the Change-gov website. The word "require" has been removed, probably as a result of criticism, and other passages have been rewritten. Does this mean they no longer believe you should be a slave on an Obama work brigade? Hardly. Joe Biden has said "ri

    1. Re:Fascism We Can Believe In! by husker_man · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      I know I shouldn't respond to this, but am I the only one that read it and thought most of it didn't sound half bad? I always thought public service was a good thing.

      There's nothing wrong with public service, as long as the person serving is doing it voluntarily. I know, wartime is a different issue which necessitates a draft, but for peacetime if you wish to serve, go ahead. Just don't require it, because if you do you tend to turn people off from doing it on their own rather than being forced. Too often you see people lining their pockets at the trough of "public service".

      In other words, if you want to inspire people by doing public service, I applaud you. Just don't force people to do something that should come from within.

    2. Re:Fascism We Can Believe In! by lysergic.acid · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      eh, might as well get in on this OT action...

      it should be noted that a lot of high schools have mandatory civic service projects that students have to complete in order to graduate. at my high school we had to:

      • sit through one city council meeting to see first hand how civic government works (what kind of decisions the city council has power over, how to raise issues with the city's actions, how residents can voice their concerns, etc.).
      • sit in on a criminal trial for at least 1 hr. to see the justice system in action.
      • complete a teacher-approved community service project (volunteering at the library, food kitchen, animal shelter, etc.) with at least 40 hrs. of volunteer work signed off by an administrator.

      was this voluntary? no. did most students bitch about having this assignment? yes. but was it a bad thing? i don't think so. i think it's important to foster a sense of civic duty, community spirit, and altruism. that's the basis of a cooperative society, and it's also a vital component of a democratic government.

      true participatory democracy requires that regular citizens are actively involved in the government. otherwise it's not a government of the people, by the people, for the people. in a society where people have no sense of civic duty, there is likely to be political & social apathy. even if the constitution is democratic, if the people do not take advantage of the democratic machinery, political power will just be usurped by the wealthy elite and power-mongers.

      and i think that's a major problem in the U.S. today. many people are so concerned with their own immediate self-interests that they can't see the shared interests of society/the community. because of that many voters allow themselves to be bought off by tax breaks while their public infrastructure is being stripped away and privatized, destroying the community in the process. ultimately, we're just screwing ourselves over by cutting things like educational funding.

      so yes, promoting a sense of civic responsibility is a good thing. it's good to see beyond your own selfish interests and solipsistic world once in a while.

  2. Re:Still looking for the illegal music by negRo_slim · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    You know, they are still out there. Actual web pages with links to albums and on occasion a straight up .rar download. But it's just been fantastic I was able to find some Dance Hall Crashers and Mustard Plug albums I simply couldn't find anywhere else. In fact they are sites that look a lot like... this... It's like a breath of fresh air, sometimes I worry about the world at large when I look at the top torrents on any given site.

    --
    On the Oregon Cost born and raised, On the beach is where I spent most of my days
  3. Re:Footnote by ps2os2 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If I did not know any better I would guess that the lawyers are EX-BUSH Aides. At least soon we will also have an EX-BUSH. I would only hope the the new Attorney General would bring up most of the Bush administration on charges. If Obama does anything close to pardon them. Obama is toast and will be lucky to stay in office the length of his elected term.