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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. Congress will pass whatever the RIAA wants by viking80 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Congress will pass whatever the RIAA wants

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  2. Hmm Probably... by iammani · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Discontinued in August and restarted the lawsuits in September. Technically that not a lie.

    PS: Looks like I should been a lawyer.

  3. I'm shocked by infalliable · · Score: 0, Redundant

    No way! The RIAA would never lie, exaggerate the truth, or have selected memories in regards to the truth.

  4. The RIAA needs Letters of Transit .. by ubrgeek · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Captain Renault: I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!

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