RIAA Calls YouTube-Viacom Decision Bad Public Policy

adeelarshad82 writes "The Recording Industry Association of America voiced its opposition to the recent decision in the YouTube-Viacom copyright infringement case, stating that 'the district court's dangerously expansive reading of the liability immunity provisions of the [Digital Millennium Copyright Act] upsets the careful balance struck within the law and is bad public policy.' Cary Sherman, RIAA president, also wrote in a blog post, 'It will actually discourage service providers from taking steps to minimize the illegal exchange of copyrighted works on their sites.'"

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>>>It's been a pretty consistent ruling that treaties do indeed get placed ahead of the constitution

Really? So if we signed a treaty called the "No Free Speech Treaty", that would supersede our first amendment rights? Sorry but no. That's not how it works. No treaty or law can nullify Constitutional Laws or Rights or Protections.

Furthermore who put the 9 unelected Supreme Court Oligarchs in charge? Certainly not the constitution - it gave to the SCOTUS no power to nullify laws passed by Congress and signed by the Executive. If they so chose the Congress & President could simply ignore the Supreme Court and continue enforcing the laws they passed.