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Associated Press Wants RIAA Case Webcast
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The Associated Press, The New York Times, and other major news organizations have gone to court to fight the RIAA over its attempt to thwart a court order which ruled that a hearing in SONY BMG Music v. Tenenbaum could be streamed over the internet. The news organizations agreed with Judge Gertner, the district judge who'd granted the order, arguing : 'It is hard to imagine a hearing more deserving of public scrutiny through the same technological medium that is at the heart of this litigation'. As soon as I get a copy of the actual brief I will upload it and link to it. Another amicus brief opposing the RIAA's attempt to reverse Judge Gertner was filed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and other First Amendment proponents and is already available online [PDF]."
Can't wait for it to appear on thepiratebay
Exhibits A, B, C, and G will be grounds for a DMCA takedown notice. The youtube version will have the sound muted so as not to leak any copyrighted material without just compensation.
Is it really necessary to delay people's enjoyment of a movie on a DVD they legally purchased, just to tell them not to copy a movie that they don't need to copy since they already own the DVD?
Of course it is.
After all, some people may have learned to read since the last DVD they saw.
Additionally, won't somebody please think of the children? If these notices were removed, how would the children learn about the possibility of copying?
Ignore this signature. By order.
Troll supports NYCL in his (among many others) fight to expose the RIAA's wrongdoings.
(Crowd cheering) New York Country Lawyer! New York Country Lawyer!
(Cheerleaders in mini-skirts rushing out excitedly to hug NYCL and toss him in the air.)
Aren't parent companies like families? Because Thanksgiving always goes off without a hitch back home...
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That can't be Blu-Ray. I have it on good authority (hearsay) that BR discs don't even display the main menu within a minute of inserting the disc.
Thus marking the first time Slashdot has posted a breaking news story. ;)
It's not that surprising, is it? I mean, Ray Beckerman does have the root password to slashdot, doesn't he?