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RIAA Lied To Congress About New Filesharing Suits

Posted by timothy on from the honestly-they're-all-at-the-cleaners dept.

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "On December 23, 2008, the RIAA's Mitch Bainwol sent a letter to the Judiciary and Commerce Committees of both the House and Senate, falsely representing to them that the RIAA 'discontinued initiating new lawsuits in August.' A copy of the letter is online (PDF). In fact, as many of you already know, the RIAA brought hundreds of new lawsuits since August. See, e.g., these 40 or so cases which just represent some of the cases brought in December." Maybe they're just taking a broad view of the world "initiate."

18 of 204 comments (clear)

  1. Hmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm riddled with surprise.

  2. RIAA Lied by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    In other news grass is green, bears defecate in the woods. More at 11.

    1. Re:RIAA Lied by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      and pigs are still in the aeronautical r&d stage

    2. Re:RIAA Lied by jank1887 · · Score: 4, Funny

      a little rocket propellant, and anything can fly. :)

  3. Re:Is lying to Congress illegal? by auric_dude · · Score: 3, Funny

    No, just par for the course.

  4. Re:And this is news??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    But without windows, how would we know if the sky was blue?

  5. Re:And this is news??? by FilterMapReduce · · Score: 3, Funny

    But without windows, how would we know if the sky was blue?

    Indeed, the only time I ever see the sky is when I'm using Windows XP.

  6. Steal this song by jessica_alba · · Score: 4, Funny

    Imagine no possessions
    I wonder if you can
    No need for greed or hunger
    A brotherhood of man
    Imagine all the people
    Sharing all the world

    1. Re:Steal this song by liegeofmelkor · · Score: 4, Funny

      Talk like that just gets you shot!

  7. Re:Is lying to Congress illegal? by liegeofmelkor · · Score: 5, Funny

    You're thinking of lying BY Congressmen... that's business as usual.

  8. Slashbots will post whatever populisms they want. by Rogerborg · · Score: 2, Funny

    Slashbots will post whatever populisms they want.

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  9. Re:Is lying to Congress illegal? by noundi · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is lying to Congress illegal? Is it considered perjury?

    No but in RIAA's defence I think it's mandatory.

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  10. Re:Promissory estoppel? by YourExperiment · · Score: 5, Funny

    IANAL.... but my gf is =)

    Yeah, my gf loves that too. Oh wait, sorry...

  11. Re:Is lying to Congress illegal? by dkleinsc · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is lying to Congress illegal? Is it considered perjury?

    I do not recall.

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  12. Re:I say we take up arms... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Windfall tax, 100%. Take the lawyers for every cent of their fees, and the RIAA for every cent of the settlements. And then throw them into Boston Harbour.

    Lite Brite images cause panics in Boston and you want to fill the harbour with sharks?

  13. Re:Is lying to Congress illegal? by CelticWhisper · · Score: 5, Funny

    Come on now. Everyone knows the cake is a lie.

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  14. Re:Is lying to Congress illegal? by sxeraverx · · Score: 2, Funny

    I do NOT recall having sex with that woman.

  15. Re:And this is news??? by NadNad · · Score: 3, Funny

    But without windows, how would we know if the sky was blue?

    Indeed, the only time I ever see the sky is when I'm using Windows XP.

    The only time I see blue is when I use Winders also, but it's unrelated to my desktop-pattern...