RIAA Lied To Congress About New Filesharing Suits

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."

Comments

Hmm

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm riddled with surprise.

Steal this song

[jessica_alba]

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

Re:Steal this song

[liegeofmelkor]

Talk like that just gets you shot!

Re:Is lying to Congress illegal?

[liegeofmelkor]

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

Re:Is lying to Congress illegal?

[noundi]

Is lying to Congress illegal? Is it considered perjury?

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

Re:Promissory estoppel?

[YourExperiment]

IANAL.... but my gf is =)

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

Re:Is lying to Congress illegal?

[dkleinsc]

Is lying to Congress illegal? Is it considered perjury?

I do not recall.

Re:RIAA Lied

[jank1887]

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

Re:Is lying to Congress illegal?

[CelticWhisper]

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