The problem is that the RIAA is just a faceless body representing the big labels, and until people start bitching about Sony, Universal Music, EMI etc, then what does the RIAA care if people hate them? In the context of these lawsuits, "RIAA" is just a synonym for the Big 4 record companies and their affiliated labels. Not every member of the RIAA is involved in this thing. It's just the Big 4 cartel. So if you boycott the major labels you're on track. Anyone who wants to look at any particular article, look up the names of the plaintiffs in that case, and put in a post listing them, will be doing a public service.
But when I say "RIAA" I'm talking about the 4 major record companies and their labels.
The IP address can't be traced to an individual, but it can be traced to the person responsible for the Internet connection and that's all the RIAA actually needs. On what do you base that? That is certainly not a correct statement of the law.
you don't have to be a techno wiz to fight against the RIAA. just need some money to fight them with. I don't think Ms. Crain has money. What she has is a great Legal Aid lawyer, John Stoneham, from Lone Star Legal Aid.
Disclaimer: I couldn't find a 'hard' link to a citation, but only recall this from when Napster first appeared on the scene.
It was reported then ( could be urban legend, but maybe someone out there has an actual factual report), and I recently checked this (yesterday) with some people I know that do file sharing that a considerable number of the files associated with a particular song name (file name) are either corrupt, or actually some other song ( a 'wannabe') who had appropriated the name simply for the purpose of getting their own music downloaded and exposed to listeners under this guise. The past tactic by companies was to flood the P2P system with bogus files, probably in the hope that frustration would simply cause people to give up on attempting to download or use services and mover to another title. My contacts also told me that it wasn't unusual for song meta data to be spoofed in similar ways, and sometimes it would take several attempts to find a 'good' copy. The most direct approach would probably subpoena the labels about whether or not they themselves were engaging in this obscuring tactic. People uploading there own covers of personal songs ( like the billion or so Happy Birthday vids on youTube) might have the same title : -) Not an urban legend. I have some links. MediaSentry itself is the primary culprit in that area. the dispersal of corrupted decoy files masquerading as song files as a deterrent to copying. The affidavit of MediaSentry's president in BMG v. Does (Canada) admits to it, and Prof. Pouwelse in the Netherlands brought that to the attention of the Court in Foundation v. UPC Nederland.
wish Beckerman would explain his motions and the counter motions Ms. Lindor has a defense that the record company competitors have colluded together, combining their copyrights by suing and settling together instead of seperately.
She wants a copy of the agreement or agreements by which they have agreed to work together, so she can show it to the jury at the trial.
Normally under US law competitors are supposed to compete, not make secret agreements not to compete.
I agree with you dshaw858; years later it won't matter how fast he got out or what his grades are; what will matter is the extent to which he developed himself. Quality is the foundation for everything he does in the future.
In the end it's not how fast you got out of school or how high your grades are that is significant. What is significant is how much you have learned, and how you have exercised and developed your thinking and continued ability to keep on learning.
I think it's a good idea to stay and take your time and do it right.
This is a battle we should all be chipping into. Does anyone know of a website somewhere or other such ways we can use to donate cash to this fight? The RIAA has nearly unlimited funds (so it would seem). So, if we're ever to stop this enemy of the people, we're going to have to fight back in kind. In a lawsuit like this, we all need to help it through before it becomes just another RIAA victory due to lack of funds on the victim's (in every case, the RIAA is never the victim) side. If no such website exists, who could we trust to set it up and make sure 98% of the funds are distributed back to the attornies fighting this cause? Here's the link.
This the biggest baloney I have ever read. It's the author of that post that hasn't grown up yet. Either that or it's pure paid political propaganda, with a few phony references thrown in to throw us off the trail. I'm a working stiff with a wife and grown kids and too old and occupied to care about such inane nonsense as he is spouting, which is in essence "become the living dead if you and your family have food to eat and a roof over your head, and don't worry about anyone anywhere else, or about future generations. And oh yes, Reagan's economic ideas -- which have brought the federal government to its knees -- worked great."
I'm marking him a "foe" so I don't have to bother reading such phony propaganda in the future.
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You couldn't break it up into smaller sentences, eh? I agree. I actually thought of that after it was accepted and published. I should have written it as follows:
The RIAA is opposing Ms. Lindor's request for discovery into the agreements among the record company competitors by which they have agreed to settle and prosecute their cases together. She seeks these agreements in order to support her Fourth Affirmative Defense (pdf) that 'The plaintiffs, who are competitors, are a cartel acting collusively in violation of the antitrust laws and of public policy, by tying their copyrights to each other, collusively litigating and settling all cases together, and by entering into an unlawful agreement among themselves to prosecute and to dispose of all cases in accordance with a uniform agreement, and through common lawyers, thus overreaching the bounds and scope of whatever copyrights they might have....As such, they are guilty of misuse of their copyrights.'
If you choose a life where you don't value your rights, don't come crying to me when 20 years down the road you don't have any.
When I look at my life I look beyond the end of my street, and I don't like what I see. An issue like global warming won't have a practical impact on you, but you grand children are going to be killed by it. The won't be able to "just move inland" because everyone else from all the most populous places on earth will all be doing the same. Once everyone gets there, the fresh water supplies will fail because the overcrowding on top of the lack of infrastructure. So now you have hundreds of millions of displaced people worldwide, a potable water shortage, and guess what pops up everytime you have widespread conditions like that? Disease. So no you personally might not be effected, but your grandchildren and great grand children will die most misreable deaths because you refuse to take resposibility for anything past the end of your driveway. Don't confuse money with respect, freedom, or responsibility. Some actions have effects beyond making or losing a dollar, maybe when you grow up you'll see that. Great comment, Original Replica. One of the best things I've ever read on Slashdot.
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But when I say "RIAA" I'm talking about the 4 major record companies and their labels.
Sorry, I meant the "deposition" of MediaSentry's president, not his "affidavit".
Thanks, bbernard. Excellent post.
All good viking80.
Good points.
Appreciate the insight, cypercell.
Thank you, Kokuyo.
Thanks, mjjw.
Thanks, joce640k.
Thanks, pathologoical.
Thanks, TheMCP.
Thanks very much, MechaBlue.
She wants a copy of the agreement or agreements by which they have agreed to work together, so she can show it to the jury at the trial.
Normally under US law competitors are supposed to compete, not make secret agreements not to compete.
I agree with you dshaw858; years later it won't matter how fast he got out or what his grades are; what will matter is the extent to which he developed himself. Quality is the foundation for everything he does in the future.
I'm not a recruiter but here's my two cents.
In the end it's not how fast you got out of school or how high your grades are that is significant. What is significant is how much you have learned, and how you have exercised and developed your thinking and continued ability to keep on learning.
I think it's a good idea to stay and take your time and do it right.
100% goes to the defendants fighting this cause.
This the biggest baloney I have ever read. It's the author of that post that hasn't grown up yet. Either that or it's pure paid political propaganda, with a few phony references thrown in to throw us off the trail. I'm a working stiff with a wife and grown kids and too old and occupied to care about such inane nonsense as he is spouting, which is in essence "become the living dead if you and your family have food to eat and a roof over your head, and don't worry about anyone anywhere else, or about future generations. And oh yes, Reagan's economic ideas -- which have brought the federal government to its knees -- worked great."
I'm marking him a "foe" so I don't have to bother reading such phony propaganda in the future.