RIAA Protests Oregon AG Discovery Request

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The RIAA is apparently having an allergic reaction to the request by the State Attorney General of Oregon for information about the RIAA's investigative tactics. The request came in Arista v. Does 1-17, the Portland, Oregon, case targeting students at the University of Oregon. Not only are the record companies opposing the request (pdf), they're asking the Judge not to even read it. (pdf)"

Right...

[Mesa MIke]

Nevermind our tactics, just give us the convictions (oh, and the penalty money too) we seek!

Re:Right...

[geekoid]

"As punishment, all titles the the RIAA represent are now in the public domain. Next case."

That would end it once and for all.

Re:Damn Lawyers.

[ThaNooch]

I object to this motion on the grounds that it may allow the defense to finally prove that I'm a heinous bitch.

Re:Damn Lawyers.

[NewYorkCountryLawyer]

I object to this motion on the grounds that it may allow the defense to finally prove that I'm a heinous bitch.

I know I full well deserve to be modded down for this but...

:)

Good one.

Re:Right...

[jamstar7]

"As punishment, all titles the the RIAA represent are now in the public domain. Next case."

Dood, share what you're smoking over there. Yeah, it's a great idea, but it's as likely as me becoming Miss America. For one thing, I'm in my 50's, and for another, I think they'd freak at the beard...

Re:Sur-replies?

[ScrewMaster]

No, but sur-real replies are apparently acceptable.

Re:Right...

[chuckymonkey]

Stallman?! Is that you?

Re:Right...

[macshit]

it's as likely as me becoming Miss America. For one thing, I'm in my 50's, and for another, I think they'd freak at the beard...

Emphasize the talent angle, I suppose.

Re:Sur-replies?

[z3d4r]

Libraries in parallel universe....librarians that are monkeys (sorry, Apes),
its starting to sound like the RIAA are alumni of Unseen University.

I wonder if they have been helping themselves to the Bursars pills?

Re:Right...

[urcreepyneighbor]

For one thing, I'm in my 50's, and for another, I think they'd freak at the beard...

Mom?!

Re:Sur-replies?

[rmgrotkierii]

You my friend are mistaken, the RIAA employees Wolfram & Hart [wikipedia.org], Attorneys at Law as their legal consul and as such, Wolfram & Hart has access to many different volumes of text the ordinary mortal attorney cannot fathom that exist. And unfortunately they do have a version of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that allows sur-replies motions be permitted. They only have to notify the judge as to which version they are quoting from. :) Hope this helps.

Re:Right...

[dgatwood]

No, the correct punishment is to lock them in a mirror and send it hurtling through space.

Pfff

[tsa]

I'm getting tired of articles about the RIAA. But I also keep being amazed about how an organization can be that clueless and detached from the real world. Anyway, wake me when they're being dismantled and cease to exist, OK?

Re:Right...

[Wordplay]

On the other hand, if you're on Slashdot and you're going to guess...

Re:Right...

[Alsee]

Of course we have a vegetable for president, half the population were specifically voting against the fruits.

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