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MP3 of RIAA Argument Available Online
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "Download this: an MP3 file of the hearing in the First Circuit Court of Appeals, over whether a lower court proceeding in an RIAA case can be made available online, is now available online. The irony of course is palpable, not only because a court which freely makes its proceedings available across the internet is being asked by the RIAA, in SONY BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum, to prevent the district court from making similar proceedings available across the internet, but also because the end product is an MP3 file which can be freely downloaded, shared by email, shared through p2p file sharing, and even 'remixed.' The legal arguments focused on relatively narrow issues: the interpretation of a rule enacted in the District Court of Massachusetts, and the legal effect of a resolution by the First Circuit Judicial Council, rather than on broader First Amendment grounds."
itsatrap !!!! If the RIAA won't sue you for it they'll put you down on an 'enemies' list and sue you later.
It's called irony.
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mp3 is so 90s.
Is there something that prevents plain AAC, WAV, AIFF, OGG, FLAC or other common audio file formats to be freely downloaded, shared by email, shared through P2P file sharing and even 'remixed'?
Technically speaking, of course... I'm not talking about any legal/moral ramifications if the file has copyrighted/top secret/whatever contents.
I'm currently downloading it -- at a screamin' 0.7kb/sec. That's okay, the entertainment value will doubtless be well worth it.
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Can someone please post the MP3 on YouTube?
I've never heard the sound of exploding lawyer craniums. I'm quite curious.
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...or it didn't happen.
Someone needs to heavily sample this and mix it into some house music, stat!
If you think the RIAA is going nuts now just wait until that shows up on P2P.
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rediculous.
Direct download is too slow
I'm looking for to Engadget's or TheRegister's Remix contest
I downloaded it earlier this morning and listened to it this afternoon.
What's amazing to me is that they can spend over 45 minutes discussing what seems to me to be a matter this simple. But I guess this is exactly how lawyers make their money, says the prospective law student.
PS, I think I created a torrent TPB
A movie of the MPAA's argument?
Another torrent here; contains both original and edited files:
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4836368/SONY_BMG_Music_Entertainment_v._Tenenbaum
Ray, I hope you are having fun with this. The irony is just delicious.
Professional Politicians are not the solution, they ARE the problem.
Put a torrent of this on The Pirate Bay! I can't think of a more fitting venue...
This story provides Three times the the US RDA of Irony....
If you was to see the text they are debating see section 83.3 in Local Rules of the United States District for the District of Massachusetts.
Downloading an mp3 of lawyers arguing? Man you guys are dorks.
It looks pretty straightforward to me. Unless it's specifically mentioned in the rules (voice recordings by court reporters, etc.), you need a court order to record and broadcast a court proceeding.
In this case, the court heard arguments, provided a court order for the broadcast. These guys are arguing that the court had no right to make the order - and that right is given in the first sentence of the first subsection in rule 83.3 regarding Photographing, Recording, and Broadcasting.
It's a waste of the courts time, taxpayer dollars, and the client's money - both the plaintiff and the defendant.
Think about it... the judge got paid, the court reporter got paid, the bailiffs got paid to be in the room. A transcript was made, people were tasked with scheduling this thing, putting the paperwork surrounding this hearing online, and so on and so forth. All for what amounts to a first year law student project to come up with an argument to push a court into restricting it's own power.
The RIAA attorneys should be fined for bringing this action.
is now being seeded as a BitTorrent.