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RIAA Moves To Keep Revenue Info Secret
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "In the Boston, Massachusetts case SONY BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum, the Court had ordered the RIAA to produce certain revenue information, which would be relevant to a determination of the 'fair use' defense. The RIAA has now moved for a protective order to keep the information 'confidential.' In the opinion of the undersigned, the fact that the motion is made jointly by four competitors shows that any claim suggesting the information is valuable or 'proprietary' would be unfounded, and the sole purpose for making the motion is to keep the information out of the hands of lawyers for other defendants, thus increasing the defense costs in other cases."
Children throw tantrums and do irrational things to defend their viewpoints as well.
Job? I don't have time to get a job! Who will sit around and bitch about being broke and unemployed then?
I had this big huge rant lined up....
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And, then I realized it wasn't going to do any good at all.
All that's left to do is sigh....
Oh... and download some music from megaupload...
p.s. that was a joke of course! I use other download services!
Most judges are grandparents, that is why the 'petulant child defense' works so well. If this fails expect to see the RIAA lawyers holding their breath, throwing things, and kicking the baliffs in the shin.
I don't see the problem here. I'm sure they have good reasons for withholding the information. It is not like they've done anything untrustworthy.
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To be fair, at least half of them are mail order degrees.
Ahh, but now you've been labelled 'possible terrorist advisor'.
Oh shit, now I'm complicit too.
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