RIAA Protests Oregon AG Discovery Request 172
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)"
Damn Lawyers. (Score:5, Insightful)
Isn't this standard lawyer behavior? Objecting to everything the other side does?
Re:Right... (Score:4, Insightful)
Discovery "nonevidence" confidential? (Score:5, Insightful)
Some sorts of safeguards are required for this material. Traditionally, this has been up to attornies having professional ethics. A dubious proposition in some cases. Perhaps some sort of "fruit of the poisoned vine" is required for civil evidence.
What?! (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Right... (Score:5, Insightful)
Fuck the RIAA! (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Damn Lawyers. (Score:5, Insightful)
BTW, I may have mentioned this before, but thanks for your efforts here, and for causing me to rethink my view on lawyers. (the subject line of this thread says it all-'re:Damn Lawyers') You are a gem.
It's easy to lose sight of some of the good trees in the dark, creepy forest of our legal system nowadays.
As a side note, I have decided to contribute my tax return $$'s to EFF and several similar ongoing efforts we all benefit from.
I call on all
Yeah, a little over the top, but this IS a pep talk!
Re:Damn Lawyers. (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Right... (Score:3, Insightful)
Kill the RIAA? Sure. Kill the major labels and their evil machine? Absolutely. But somebody please think of the childr...er...artists!
Re:Damn Lawyers. (Score:2, Insightful)
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outsource.
some guy (or girl) in india is willing to play that song or sing it for 1/3 to 1/100 of the US cost.
as a software guy who watches his field erode to outsourcing, I say (sincerely) - outsource the 'arts' too!
no one has a 'right' to make enormous amounts of money. and today, no one has a 'right' to even earn a living. I'm sure many slashdotters would agree if they've ever had to train their replacement..
I'm half serious. the entertainment industry thinks they have a 'right' to continue the same old ways. I don't get that right as an engineer. why should 'artists', then?
I don't feel any more sorry for artists or ceo's whose business model is not valid anymore - since there is no one in society to worry about US!
the arts won't die. only the money-grubbing parasites will die or be forced to find another 'business'. and good riddance, too.
the built-in protection is not fair across the board for all working people. I see no reason to give 'artists' a free pass when the rest of us are suffering in a failing economy.