RIAA Case May Be Televised On Internet

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "In SONY BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum, the Boston case in which the defendant is represented by Prof. Charles Nesson and his CyberLaw class at Harvard Law School, the defendant has requested that audio-visual coverage of the court proceedings be made available to the public via the internet. Taking the RIAA at its word — that the reason for its litigation program is to 'educate the public' — the defendant's motion (PDF) queries why the RIAA would oppose public access: 'Net access to this litigation will allow an interested and growingly sophisticated public to understand the RIAA's education campaign. Surely education is the purpose of the Digital Deterrence Act of 1999, the constitutionality of which we are challenging. How can RIAA object? Yet they do, fear of sunlight shone upon them.'"

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[PakProtector]

Romanes Eunt Domus

Romanes -- Second Declension Nominative Singular with Abstract Ending.

Eunt -- Present Active Indicitive Third Person Plural of the Irregular Verb 'eo,' I go.

Domus -- Either Fourth Declension or the Older Second Declension form of the word. Neither is in the correct case, anyway.

The Correct phrase would be 'Romani Domi Ite!'

Romani -- Second Declension Plural Vocative

Domi -- Second Declension Locative, as Domus does not use the ablative with a preposition (ablative of place to), but instead still retains the locative, which many other words (most) have lost.

Ite -- Present Active Imperative Second Person Plural of 'eo,' I go. (You all) Go.

So, it finally translates (correctly) as 'Oh, You Romans, Go Home!'

Or close enough, anway.

Anyone willing to thank me can help me justify six years of latin.

Valete, Homines Fatui!