RIAA Countersued Under Racketeering Laws 893
Negadin writes "According to CNET News, a New Jersey woman, one of the hundreds of people accused of copyright infringement by the Recording Industry Association of America, has countersued the big record labels, charging them with extortion and violations of the federal antiracketeering act." The woman's attornies are arguing that "...by suing file-swappers for copyright infringement, and then offering to settle instead of pursuing a case where liability could reach into the hundreds of thousands of dollars, the RIAA is violating the same laws that are more typically applied to gangsters and organized crime."
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What a waste (Score:3, Funny)
Extorsion, coersion, blackmail... (Score:5, Funny)
Racket (Score:5, Funny)
Coincidence???? (Score:5, Funny)
Coincidence? I think not!
In his immortal gangster words... (Score:5, Funny)
*mows down RIAA*
God I love you Pacino....
Mobsters (Score:5, Funny)
protection money (Score:5, Funny)
It is a joke. Laff!!
Re:Extorsion, coersion, blackmail... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Extorsion, coersion, blackmail... (Score:5, Funny)
RIAA: You really would let me sue you, you sick fuck.
College Kid: You ever hear of casettes? People have been downloading music for decades. The Industry tried to take advantage of people back then, and where are they now?
RIAA: You're looking at them, asshole.
Not only that (Score:3, Funny)
*rimshot*
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Hmm, wonder if RIAA uses Linux on their servers? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Why aren't there arrests? (Score:3, Funny)
Government raids Microsoft, seizes all pc's.. (Score:1, Funny)
Microsoft denied any wrong-doing and requested that the computers be returned. They were informed by the FBI, that the machines are being examined and they may not be returned.
Re:Extorsion, coersion, blackmail... (Score:2, Funny)
-Tony Soprano
Re:The wheel of justice grinds slow... (Score:4, Funny)
Classic... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Option B could prove very interesting (Score:1, Funny)
- The RIAA
Typo alert (Score:5, Funny)
Sorry to be nitpicky, but I must point out that you put an extra 'g' in the word "sue".
Re:everyone downloading it is pirating (Score:3, Funny)
Re:She has a case (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Probably won't stick (Score:5, Funny)
Coming this summer from Random House: John Grisham's The Shithammer
Re:Wow, if everyone who gets sued by RIAA... (Score:2, Funny)
Cashdotting?
I really hate this saying... (Score:2, Funny)
You go girl!
YEAH WTF. THEY OWE US. (Score:2, Funny)
uh no (Score:3, Funny)
Translation: This is a lot of of lawyers trying to figure out how to get money from the RIAA.
Re:huh? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Great... (Score:5, Funny)
I think you are in the wrong debate: the Gay Marriage issue is being dealt with over at kuro5hin.org
Re:She has a case - really (Score:3, Funny)
Re:It IS theft (Score:5, Funny)
There is a reason it has its own phrase to describe it. The legal system does not invent phrases to be more descriptive of a particular crime. It tries to be as straight forward as possible.
First degree murder
Second degree murder
Manslaughter
Involuntary Manslaughter
Vehicular Manslaughter
Involuntary Vehicular Manslaughter
And, my personal favorite:
Intoxicated Manslaughter
I always thought dead was dead, you know? In any case, copyright infringement isn't theft, which I agree with, but our legal system isn't as clear with language as you say it is. They do invent phrases to be more descriptive of a particular crime, usually because it means something specific, such as Capital Murder. You get a harsher sentence if you kill for money than you do if you kill for fun.
Re:She has a case (Score:4, Funny)
The prostitue may well be providing a service, but it is not a service that she invented or created or otherwise used some creative process to develop.
You've obviously never had sex. If you had, you would know that sex is much more like music than you seem to be saying, here.
No musician currently making music invented music. Just as certainly as no prostitute invented sex. Furthermore, music occurs in nature, and man-made music is just an extension of that.
Any musician will never perform the music the same way twice. A musical performance requires participation from the audience. So the quality of a given performance is dependent on both the quality of the musician's individual performance and the quality of the audience's participation.
Since you've never had sex, I'll explain to you that sex is exactly the same. Assume for a moment you're with a prostitute. The quality of the sex you are paying for is dependent on her abilities and also on the quality of your participation.
This analogy is dead on.
Re:She has a case - really (Score:5, Funny)
Re:She has a case - really (Score:2, Funny)
Is that why lawyers say, "She shoplifted so much
she made a killing. Her actions terrorized local
merchants."
So there you have it: Wynonna Ryder is a killer and
a terrorist just by the rewording of the prosecution.
I suggest a new logical language for the courts like LISP ;)
Re:Jury nullification (Score:1, Funny)
Fuckin'-A -- I'd never have guessed by reading the title and contents of the parent.