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Judge Won't Punish Lawyer For Anti-RIAA Blogging
xander_zone_xxx writes with news that Ray Beckerman, known around here as NewYorkCountryLawyer, was not a "vexatious" litigant, as the RIAA claimed. In the same ruling the judge dismissed Beckerman's counter-claims against the RIAA. (We discussed the claims and counters a year back.) "An attorney defending against a music-piracy lawsuit didn't cross ethical bounds by filing motions broadly attacking the recording industry and posting them on his blog, a magistrate judge has ruled, rejecting demands from the RIAA for monetary sanctions. Attorney Ray Beckerman was 'less than forthcoming at times' in defending a client against an RIAA lawsuit, but the music industry's concerns were 'largely overstated,' New York Magistrate Judge Robert M. Levy wrote Friday."
Mr. Beckerman is my 3rd favorite lwayer, right after the lady who handled my divorce and the gentleman who handled my bankrupcy.
My fourth favorite lawyer is Lawrence Lessig. Too bad he lost that Eldred case, or most songs would be legal to share. But at least he tried.
Free Martian Whores!
What the hell is up with that anyway?
Would society be better? Recently we had some grannies in my area get busted in a scam that milked million of dollars from people. They posed as cancer victims looking for donations and a couple ran scams for credit consolidation and counseling services as well as took charitable collections for made up causes.
In two of the scenarios, there isn't really a victim being harmed as the monies were donated. Should the grannies be sued for their actions or should they be let alone to continue them? Which would make society a better place and how would that differ from RIAA's lawyers taking action?
Suing an 80 year old lady isn't necessarily a good thing. But it at the same time isn't necessarily a bad thing either. Society is better off when justice prevails regardless of who it seeks in the process.