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Judge Orders Record Company Execs To Duluth
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "Lest there be any doubt that District Judge Michael J. Davis, presiding over the Duluth, Minnesota, case, Capitol Records v. Thomas, really does 'get it' about the toxic effect the RIAA, its lead henchman Matthew Oppenheim, and their lawyers have had on the judicial process, all such doubt should be removed by the order he just entered (PDF). It removes control of the decision-making process from the RIAA, Oppenheim, and the lawyers. In the order Judge Davis spells out, in the clearest possible terms so that there can be no misunderstanding, that at the extraordinary 2-day settlement conference he has scheduled for later this month, each record company plaintiff is ordered to produce an 'officer' of the corporation, or a 'managing agent' of the corporation, who has corporate, decision-making, 'power.' The judge makes it clear that no one who has 'settlement authority' with any limits or range attached to it will be acceptable. This means that 'RIAA hitman' Matthew Oppenheim will not be able to control the settlement process as he has been permitted by the Courts to do in the past."
My heart leaped when I first read that as "Judge Orders Record Company Execs To Death". I'm so disappointed.
Work's been kind of slow for him lately. Perhaps he can represent one of the record companies.
No matter if this is good or bad news against the RAFIAA, but when I read ...
"Lest there be any doubt ... the toxic effect [...] have had on the judicial process ... the decision-making process ... in the clearest possible terms ... can be no misunderstanding ... the extraordinary 2-day settlement ... who has corporate, decision-making, power ... with any limits or range attached to it", etc.
Oh bloody hell, don't know who did it, but this /. summary must have been written by a lawyer, or at least someone who desperately wants to become one! Not a good sign....
Browsers shouldn't have a back button!! It's all about going forward...
Sorry Your Honor,
we took a wrong turn on the way to the court house, and ended up in a country that doesn't have an extradition agreement with America. Yours Sincerely, RIAA lawyers.
> The judge makes it clear that no one who has 'settlement authority' with any limits or range attached to it will be acceptable
There's still a possibility that the settlement will include beheadings, since the agent will have the authority to grant it.
It's rare that you're presented with a knob whose only two positions are Make History and Flee Your Glorious Destiny.
Toss a couple of bucks to the defendant instead of winning is not exactly an eternity having your liver eaten while chained to a rock*...
*Also known as "justice", around these parts.
You're from Greece?
Some would consider Prometheus' punishment for giving fire to humans an injustice.
passetspike!
What is that, a Black Metal band?
It'd be pretty funny though if they went to bankruptcy court and got some people who didn't really like the 'IAAs.
"Sony/BMG for one dollar! Going once, going twice, SOLD to man with the fluffy beard and pair of katanas.
Random Thoughts From A Diseased Mind (Not For Dummies)
It will now be called GNU/Sony/BMG.
3/3/10
Did I miss a year?