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RIAA Loses Case Against Launch Media
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The RIAA's claim that personalized internet radio stations were 'interactive services' was flatly rejected 'as a matter of law' by the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in Arista Records v. Launch Media. In affirming the jury's verdict in favor of the defendant, Launch Media — acquired during the lawsuit by Yahoo! — the Court said it did not even need to concern itself with possible errors in the jury instructions, since the trial judge should have directed a verdict for defendant 'as a matter of law' on the question of whether the radio stations were 'interactive services.' At pages 23-42 of its 42-page opinion (PDF), the appeals court carefully analyzed how Launch Media's personalized internet radio stations worked, and noted that the users could neither obtain and play on demand a particular song, nor obtain the transmission of a particular program, thus rendering the RIAA's claim of 'interactivity' meritless."
It's music to my ears.
I prefer rogues to imbeciles because they sometimes take a rest.
Most people would claim that monkeys are luminous if it somehow hurt the RIAA.
Is this close enough?
This guy's the limit!
Most people would claim that monkeys are luminous if it somehow hurt the RIAA.
You missed this story didn't you. All living things emit visible light at low levels. So with that in mind, the RIAA must be doomed.
Right. I just read over the whole decision......
You read all 42 pages??? You must be new to /.! Nobody reads it all here.
Be careful! You are perilously close to infringing their rights to the sound of their own defeat :)
Patent litigation: A doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction... in which everyone seems willing to push the button
>No charge.
*shudder*
C'mon, a country lawyer should know to never point that out or bring attention to it :)
hawk, esq.
Since it is taking place in the courts, wouldn't it be a matter of public record, and therefore in the public domain? Next /. headline: RIAA's swan song goes Open Source!
I prefer rogues to imbeciles because they sometimes take a rest.
Don't you think he'd know that?
Although, yes, I can see how that may come in handy should he ever forget.