The RIAA Sues 482 More People

The RIAA Sues 482 More People 535

Posted by timothy on Tuesday June 22, 2004 @08:27PM from the befriending-the-youth dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Today the RIAA said they have sued another group of people, 482 to be exact, for copyright infringement. The RIAA used their 'John Doe' litigation process in this round of law suits, because they do not know the names of the copyright infringers. After appeals court ruled that Verizon does not have to provide names of customers to the RIAA, the RIAA started using the 'John Doe' litigation process." (Similar stories at Wired News and CoolTechZone).

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Yay! (Score:5, Funny)

by mekkab ( 133181 ) writes: on Tuesday June 22, 2004 @08:29PM (#9501674) Homepage Journal

Lets get those pirates who are stealing Britney Spear's music!

Maybe we can SUE good taste into them...

Poor John Doe (Score:5, Funny)

by neon-fx ( 777448 ) writes: on Tuesday June 22, 2004 @08:31PM (#9501698)

I feel sorry for this John Doe character, he's always getting picked on.

And the RIAA's site... (Score:5, Funny)

by Tuxedo Jack ( 648130 ) writes: on Tuesday June 22, 2004 @08:35PM (#9501745) Homepage

Hasn't got jack about the new lawsuits. Can anyone get a list of what IPs are being sued?

And in lesser news, thank god for dynamic IP addresses...

As ALWAYS.....It's been said before..... (Score:5, Funny)

by Valiss ( 463641 ) writes: on Tuesday June 22, 2004 @08:35PM (#9501750) Homepage

"We keep losing customers! I don't understand! We sue the fuckers, and they still won't buy our products!"

Re:How long will this go on? (Score:5, Funny)

by lightspawn ( 155347 ) writes: on Tuesday June 22, 2004 @08:36PM (#9501766) Homepage

I wonder when they'll ever figure out that suing your consumers is not an effective business model?

When SCO files for bankruptcy.

Re:And the RIAA's site... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday June 22, 2004 @08:41PM (#9501810)

you can thank god all you want, but you best pray to me that log files are dumped frequently and often ;)

Judgement in favour of the plaintiff. (Score:5, Funny)

by digitaltraveller ( 167469 ) writes: on Tuesday June 22, 2004 @08:44PM (#9501845) Homepage

Judge:

Bailiff, remand Mr. Doe into custody. Mr. Doe, how do you plead?

Bailiff:

Judge, the defendant has failed to appear.

Judge:

Issue an arrest warrant in Mr. Doe's name.
Case dismissed.

RIAA:

Doh!

Re:RIAA faq. (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday June 22, 2004 @08:45PM (#9501860)

"When we come across a user who is distributing copyrighted music files, we download copyrighted music files (of our member companies) the user is offering, as well as document the date and time that we downloaded those files."

Isn't this illegal? Someone over at the RIAA is in a lot of trouble.

Re:As ALWAYS.....It's been said before..... (Score:3, Funny)

by pr0c ( 604875 ) writes: on Tuesday June 22, 2004 @08:46PM (#9501864)

It worked for SCO! Err... wait

Read Closely (Score:4, Funny)

by RancidLM ( 723035 ) writes: on Tuesday June 22, 2004 @08:50PM (#9501892)

im sure the Fine print on the letters Read
"ALL YOUR DRUM & BASS ARE BELONG TO US"

Don't call us pirates -- (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday June 22, 2004 @08:50PM (#9501894)

We prefer copyright challenged.

Re:Yay! (Score:5, Funny)

by fwitness ( 195565 ) writes: on Tuesday June 22, 2004 @08:51PM (#9501908)

I feel like Britney is stealing from me every time I hear her songs on the radio. It's like my soul is just a little smaller.

Then I see videos of her practicing in sweats. Alright, we're even.

Re:Damn I need a subject (Score:5, Funny)

by kfg ( 145172 ) writes: on Tuesday June 22, 2004 @08:54PM (#9501936)

3 years ago the economy went to shit...

3 years ago CD sales went down....

Think that's a coincidence.

Didn't we tell you that piracy would destroy the economy?

KFG

googlebomb anyone? (Score:5, Funny)

by GoNINzo ( 32266 ) writes: <GoNINzo.yahoo@com> on Tuesday June 22, 2004 @08:54PM (#9501937) Journal

Anyone want to join a googlebomb of mine? I'm doing bunch of pricks [riaa.com] for the RIAA. Anyone want to join me?
Put this on a webpage: what a <a href="http://www.riaa.com/">bunch of pricks</a>

Re:How long will this go on? (Score:3, Funny)

by lightspawn ( 155347 ) writes: on Tuesday June 22, 2004 @08:57PM (#9501956) Homepage

Sco is too suing it's customers. Autozone, Daimer Chrysler, who knows who's next.

The parent was supposed to be funny. The only way to get to the music industry is a massive boycott - as in, get 50% of consumers to stop buying music altogether until this nonsense stops. And since CDs are shiny, that's not likely to happen.

Re:Poor John Doe (Score:3, Funny)

by suckmysav ( 763172 ) writes: <suckmysav AT gmail DOT com> on Tuesday June 22, 2004 @08:58PM (#9501958) Journal

I feel sorry for this John Doe character, he's always getting picked on.

Yep, him and Bill Posters are constantly being harrassed.

Re:How long will this go on? (Score:3, Funny)

by sentientbeing ( 688713 ) writes: on Tuesday June 22, 2004 @09:05PM (#9502006)

In other news, the RIAA announced they're now succesfully suing a John Doe every week.

'Im sick of it. I wish they'd pick on somebody else' said an annoyed Mr Doe earlier today.

Re:How long will this go on? (Score:4, Funny)

by Ateryx ( 682778 ) writes: on Tuesday June 22, 2004 @09:13PM (#9502055)

wonder when they'll ever figure out that suing your consumers is not an effective business model?

When SCO files for bankruptcy.

For some odd reason this joke reminded me of the fact Creed is calling it quits. I've been having a rather poor day and you reminded me that hope survives. Thank you.

Re:List of usernames? (Score:2, Funny)

by TheCyko1 ( 568452 ) writes: on Tuesday June 22, 2004 @09:15PM (#9502068)

I think many of them are probably go by KazaaliteK++

Re:Yay! (Score:5, Funny)

by Epistax ( 544591 ) writes: <<moc.liamg> <ta> <xatsipe>> on Tuesday June 22, 2004 @09:19PM (#9502101) Journal

And let's not forget why we call it stealing. ..
We call it stealing because the original owner no longer has it. No wait...
We call it stealing because.. umm.. they don't get money?
Oh right we call it stealing because the people who made it need money... no wait..
Oh I remember, we call it stealing because some CEO someplace needs to buy a yatched. Yeah, that sounds right.

Disclaimer: This is a joke. Taking this seriously offensively makes you look like an idiot. If you had a girlfriend she'd dump you.

Re:How long will this go on? (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday June 22, 2004 @09:36PM (#9502218)

Not all laws are to be respected. Civil disobedience is an acceptable way to bring about change.

Re:This is old news. These people get what they ge (Score:2, Funny)

by christowang ( 590054 ) writes: <chris@sysiFORTRANce.com minus language> on Tuesday June 22, 2004 @09:45PM (#9502300) Homepage

I don't buy it, I download it for free so I don't agree the contract. =)

Re:Overall total? (Score:2, Funny)

by HappyCycling ( 565803 ) writes: on Tuesday June 22, 2004 @10:47PM (#9502703)

Pirates are such nice people. =)

Re:And the RIAA's site... (Score:3, Funny)

by warkda rrior ( 23694 ) writes: on Tuesday June 22, 2004 @10:58PM (#9502768) Homepage

They are planning to sue a whole lot more people next time, since the RIAA set their eyes on the pirates with IPs in the sets 127.x.x.x and 10.x.x.x.

Re:Poor John Doe (Score:4, Funny)

by krbvroc1 ( 725200 ) writes: on Tuesday June 22, 2004 @11:09PM (#9502830)

I feel sorry for this John Doe character, he's always getting picked on.

I'm pretty sure John Doe is in the morgue. Why all the expense going after him?

Re:How long will this go on? (Score:2, Funny)

by Savatte ( 111615 ) writes: on Tuesday June 22, 2004 @11:11PM (#9502844) Homepage Journal

Creed breaking up: proof that there is a god

Re:Poor John Doe (Score:4, Funny)

by Bobdoer ( 727516 ) writes: on Wednesday June 23, 2004 @01:11AM (#9503487) Homepage Journal

They'll probably come after me next, being his brother and all. :/

Re:How long will this go on? (Score:2, Funny)

by gravis_23 ( 602248 ) writes: on Wednesday June 23, 2004 @10:40AM (#9507040) Homepage Journal

As a Canadian reading this thread, I wonder, is everyone in the US a lawyer? Why so much suing going on?

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Yay! (Score:5, Funny)

Poor John Doe (Score:5, Funny)

And the RIAA's site... (Score:5, Funny)

As ALWAYS.....It's been said before..... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:How long will this go on? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:And the RIAA's site... (Score:1, Funny)

Judgement in favour of the plaintiff. (Score:5, Funny)

Re:RIAA faq. (Score:2, Funny)

Re:As ALWAYS.....It's been said before..... (Score:3, Funny)

Read Closely (Score:4, Funny)

Don't call us pirates -- (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Yay! (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Damn I need a subject (Score:5, Funny)

googlebomb anyone? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:How long will this go on? (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Poor John Doe (Score:3, Funny)

Re:How long will this go on? (Score:3, Funny)

Re:How long will this go on? (Score:4, Funny)

Re:List of usernames? (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Yay! (Score:5, Funny)

Re:How long will this go on? (Score:2, Funny)

Re:This is old news. These people get what they ge (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Overall total? (Score:2, Funny)

Re:And the RIAA's site... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Poor John Doe (Score:4, Funny)

Re:How long will this go on? (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Poor John Doe (Score:4, Funny)

Re:How long will this go on? (Score:2, Funny)

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