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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."

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

    I'm riddled with surprise.

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

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

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

    IANAL.... but my gf is =)

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

  5. 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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  6. 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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