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RIAA May Be Violating a Court Order In California
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "In one of its 'ex parte' cases seeking the names and addresses of 'John Does,' this one targeting students at the University of Southern California, the RIAA obtained an order granting discovery — but with a wrinkle. The judge's order (PDF) specified that the information obtained could not be used for any purpose other than obtaining injunctions against the students. Apparently the RIAA lawyers have ignored, or failed to understand, that limitation, as an LA lawyer has reported that the RIAA is busy calling up the USC students and their families and demanding monetary settlements."
A million. One to make the countersuit, 999,998 to download the suit via P2P and one RIAA agent to sue the lot of them.
Me: Go get my wallet
You: Which one is yours?
Me: The one that says MOTHER FUCKIN SPARTICUS on it!
The article's title should read: "Here is an article about the RIAA, I only skimmed it, let me know what it says".
May I redirect you to The Pirate Bay's legal department?
But aren't those the RIAA execs' kids?
You misunderstand. The "artists" are defined by the RIAA as "those who have made an art of suing people."
Fascism starts when the efficiency of the government becomes more important than the rights of the people.
but extorion is such an ugly word.. the RIAA prefers to think of it as justice...
According to my math, they're losing money hand over fist.
Yeah, but what does the RIAA math say?
I don't know. They're not very good at math, or law.
Ray Beckerman +5 Insightful
I think the US should adopt the Commonwealth language. "Demanding Money with Menaces" gets right down to the point, don't you think? Whereas the term "Extortion" sounds like something you measure from the exhaust pipe.
Do not mock my vision of impractical footwear
..or a maverick?
No, he is country.
And the RIAA lawyers are a little bit rock & roll.
No. They're gangsta.
Ray Beckerman +5 Insightful
Ray, I've always been curious about something and was wondering if you could comment... When you post comments (and blog, for that matter) you generally seem to post your opinion, as well as humor and even attacks on "the bad guy" without holding too much back. You appear to be somewhat more restrained when discussing cases which you are personally involved in - and appear to be most restrained in cases in which you are being directly attacked (ie the RIAA lawsuit). This is all as I would expect from a professional -- if anything, you appear more open than I would have expected. So: Are you ever concerned that comments made here will come back to bite you? Where do you draw the line? Are you ever concerned that, for example, a judge may read your comments here (or on your blog) and that may influence their decisions? I have always enjoyed your sense of humor (sometimes self-deprecating, sometimes biting sarcasm, etc) and would not like to see that stop - I was just curious if you ever write something and think "No, I better not post that - that'll come back to haunt me."
Yes I've had to think about those types of questions. I think about them before I write them. The area that's required the most restraint is that I can't talk about my litigation ideas until they have been memorialized in publicly filed litigation documents. No I don't worry about judges reading my arguments, because my arguments here are the same as the arguments I make in my litigation documents. And I don't worry about the RIAA lawyers reading them, because they can't read.
Ray Beckerman +5 Insightful
Law and Order lied to me??!! *GASP*
You make the RIAA look like the good guys.
Even I can't pull that one off.
Ray Beckerman +5 Insightful
I have the internet wired directly to my brain...
...and is that media blank?
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