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RIAA Brief Attacks Free Software Foundation
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The RIAA has requested permission to file a response to the amicus curiae brief filed by the Free Software Foundation in SONY BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum, the Boston case against a Boston University grad student accused of having downloaded some song files when in his teens. In their proposed response, the RIAA lawyers personally attacked The Free Software Foundation, Ray Beckerman (NewYorkCountryLawyer), and NYCL's blog, 'Recording Industry vs. The People.' The 9-page response (PDF) — 4 pages longer than the document to which it was responding — termed the FSF an organization 'dedicated to eliminating restrictions on copying, redistribution, and modifying computer programs,' and accused the FSF of having an 'open and virulent bias against copyrights' and 'blatant bias' against the record companies. They called 'Recording Industry vs. The People' an 'anti-recording industry web site' and stated that NYCL 'is currently subject to a pending sanctions motion for his conduct in representing a defendant' (without disclosing that plaintiffs' lawyers were 'subject to a pending motion for Rule 11 sanctions for their conduct in representing plaintiffs' in that very case)."
The RIAA thinks it's a bad man in a big town when it reality it wouldn't make a pimple on a simpleton's ass in a village.
Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
Yeah, but they probably don't know about Stallman's twin katana prowess... I certainly would never try to provoke him to anger...
No sig for the moment.
GNU General Public License, version 6, 2013
1. Pull down you pants.
2. Bend over.
GPLv2 or later doesn't sound like such a good idea now, does it?
If you or I were to do things like that, then we'd be called lying assholes... but if a lawyer does it, then he is simply doing his job.
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
The FSF's centerpiece, the GPL, depends wholly on copyright for enforcement. So saying that the FSF has an "open and virulent bias against copyrights" clearly demonstrates either a lack of research, a lack of understanding, or a lack of honesty on the part of the RIAA's lawyers.
I agree with the first sentence of your comment. As to the second sentence, I question your use of the word "or". The correct word should be "and". With that minor correction.... respect.
Ray Beckerman +5 Insightful
If you can't innovate, litigate.
If you can't litigate, legislate.
If you can't legislate, watergate?
If you can't watergate, waterboard.
x283.
"Trolls they were, but filled with the evil will of their master: a fell race..." -- J.R.R. Tolkien on Olog-hai
Darn it, Ray... now I'm beginning to suspect that YOU have some sort of bias against the RIAA too! ;-)
How dare you say that? I have nothing against them. I wish them the best in their lives. I hope that, after they serve their time in jail, they succeed in finding honest work, and live out their days in peace.
Ray Beckerman +5 Insightful
If the amicus curiae felt 'neutral' on the subject, why would they be filing a brief?
Here's a neutral amicus curiæ: tell the court I said "Hello."
Oh, say does that Star-Spangled Banner entwine / The myrtle of Venus with Bacchus's vine?
Or, to put it another way, Richard Stallman's cock is larger than the the cock size of everyone associated with the RIAA combined! What are they going to do in the face of such an enormous penis? What can they do?
Yeah I could make a serious post on the subject, but I'm giving the RIAA all the respect they and their shrill complaints deserve.
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
Wow, perfect grammar in a /. story summary! I can't recall seeing such an exquisite exposition of the proper usage of nested quotation marks.
It's almost as if /. found a professional editor!
Oh wait...
"If you have the facts on your side, pound the facts. If you have the law on your side, pound the law. If you have neither on your side, pound the table."
You must be new here
You must be new here if you're saying that to NYCL.
You must be new here if you're not used to people saying 'you must be new here' to NYCL.
Question: how long do I have to be here before I can be said to no longer be new here? In Soviet Russia I would probably be considered old here.
Ray Beckerman +5 Insightful
...but I'd really like to know how to file one of those amateur circus briefs.
"The problem with socialism is eventually you run out of other people's money" - Thatcher.
That's an XKCD reference, boy. You know what we do to XKCD referencers around here?
Cheer them on and be reminded to go check out the recent comics at XKCD? /cheer
Mod them up?
anyone else think that the only reason NYCL submits these stories is to brighten up our day with the humour that ensues?
Let me know the results of this poll. I've never considered myself much good at providing humor, or at brightening anybody's day. But if I get strong results in the poll, I may have to reconsider my overall outlook, maybe even make a career change.
Ray Beckerman +5 Insightful
They act like they think they're running the US Justice Department. Oh, wait...
Help stamp out iliturcy.
That's an XKCD reference, boy. You know what we do to XKCD referencers around here?
I'll get around to answering that later. I have a more important matter to attend to.
Someone is wrong on the Internet.
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My girlfriend picked that one up and ran with it X(
So nowadays, when she's heading to bed, "are we having sex, or is someone wrong on the Internet?"
Sheesh... impossible decisions...