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RIAA Filed 62 New Cases In April Alone

Posted by kdawson on from the what-part-of-stop-do-you-not-understand dept.

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "Based upon a quick examination of the records in PACER, I detected 62 new cases brought by the RIAA against individuals in the month of April alone. In December, 2008, the RIAA had represented to Congress that they had 'discontinued initiating new lawsuits in August [2008].'"

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  1. No. It CAN'T be true! by hyades1 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So you're saying the RIAA lied? Is that possible? I thought they always told the truth, and only wanted to protect society from the evils of piracy. I believe they said something to that effect under oath, in court, didn't they?

    Oh, god, please let some of those whiny thugs get caught perjuring themselves. They'd make such lovely prison bitches.

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  2. Perjury by Doug52392 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Perjury - n. the crime of intentionally lying after being duly sworn (to tell the truth) by a notary public, court clerk or other official. This false statement may be made in testimony in court, administrative hearings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, as well as by signing or acknowledging a written legal document (such as affidavit, declaration under penalty of perjury, deed, license application, tax return) known to contain false information. Although a crime, prosecutions for perjury are rare, because a defendant will argue he/she merely made a mistake or misunderstood.

    So sue the RIAA for perjury (actually, that would be a criminal matter).

  3. The geek in overdrive by westlake · · Score: 3, Interesting
    They target grandmothers and children.

    So do countless other lawsuits. But that doesn't make headlines on Slashdot.

  4. Re:The RIAA didn't really promise anything... by NewYorkCountryLawyer · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The story isn't about them continuing to bring lawsuits. That would be like the Saturday Night Live bit with Chevy Chase where he would announce that Francisco Franco is "still dead".

    The story is about them lying to Congress.

    They represented to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees that they had "discontinued initiating new lawsuits in August". That was a flat out, bald faced, lie.

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  5. Re:Surprising by Thinboy00 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The problem is that such laws need to deal with complex circumstances (e.g. killing in self defense, "manslaughter" by drunk driving, estoppel etc.). The more circumstances need to be dealt with, the more complex the laws need to be (that's ungrammatical, isn't it?).

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  6. Is Bainwol a lawyer? by NewYorkCountryLawyer · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Is Bainwol -- the guy who lied to Congress -- a lawyer? This brief biographical sketch shows him to be a Republican party operative, but doesn't mention any work as a lawyer.

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