Court Grants RIAA Summary Judgment Motions vs. Limewire

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "District Court Judge Kimba Wood has granted some of the RIAA's key summary judgment motions in Arista Records v. Lime Group. In her 59-page decision (PDF), she found Lime Group itself, as well as its CEO and a separate company, liable for intentionally inducing Limewire users to infringe plaintiffs' copyrights. The decision was not a final judgment, so it is not appealable. Additionally, it denied summary judgment on certain issues, and did not address any possible damages."

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Re:In Summary

[Spewns]

I guess what I'm really not getting is, if Joe Schmo gets caught using his 1979 Impala to haul illegal copies of Free Willy DVDs, will the RIAA/MPAA sue Chevrolet?

The only reason that doesn't happen is because way too many people, even the dimmest of us, would realize how hilariously absurd and irrational that would be. Everyone can relate to it.

But the RIAA/MPAA can be just as hilariously absurd and irrational (if not moreso) when it comes to copyright and filesharing because the populace don't understand the subject(s)/technology. And what they do hear is exclusively RIAA/MPAA propaganda which puts them further away from understanding.

Re:In Summary

[Alsee]

Sorry for the double reply. I meant include this in the previous reply:

A downloader is not responsible to know whether the place he is downloading from owns/licensed proper copyright. Moralely perhaps, but legally he should not, if for nothing else because it would be impossible to ascertain all the elements are owned by said parties and in many cases impossible to know beforehand.

I completely agree with your logic, but you are using logic to conclude what the law should say.

You then jumped from logic and "should" to a false assumption of what the law is, followed by a false assertion of what the law is. Silly rabbit. You assumed copyright law was logical, reasonable, or even sane.

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