This kind of double-speak is exactly what we saw from SCOX in 2003 and 2004. And look how well that worked out for them. Note to observers: when the lies that a company is telling reporters are different from the lies it’s telling to the court, that might be a signal the business is in [...]
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Similarities
Posted in civil procedure, copyright, criminal law, dissent, economics, ethics, fair use, internet, technology, tagged groklaw, riaa, SCOX on January 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just Like Verizon
Posted in civil procedure, contracts, copyright, economics, education, ethics, fair use, internet, oregon, politics, property, technology, tagged Cary Sherman, Mafia, riaa on December 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
There is an article up at the NYT today about the RIAA lawsuit that is currently pending against 17 John Doe defendants at the University of Oregon. The article is relatively even-handed as these things go, hitting the typical applause lines for each side: college students don’t respect copyright, stealing music is bad, settlement offers [...]
EFF Creates Expert Witness Fund
Posted in civil procedure, copyright, dissent, economics, education, ethics, fair use, free speech, internet, media, property, public domain, tagged EFF, MAFIAA, Ray Beckerman, riaa on November 19, 2007 | 5 Comments »
This is the endgame for the record industry. No more “making available.” No more “downloading is de facto infringement.” As one of my law school profs notably said, “if you have to say it in latin, your argument is a bunch of bullshit.” The EFF is getting on board a growing trend: as Ray Beckerman [...]
Always, Always, Always Do Your Homework
Posted in civil procedure, criminal law, economics on August 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
or else you might go to jail.
DOJ Announces “Laws are for Other People” Is Now The Official Position
Posted in civil procedure, constitution, criminal law, ethics, impeachment, politics, privilege on July 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Wonder how this theory will work out for them after the impeachment. TPMmuckraker has posted an image of the acutal letter, which relies on the proven legal technique known as “make some shit up without relying on any authority and hope that nobody will notice.”
A choice quote:
The principles that protect an Executive Branch official from [...]
Pants Were Dropping Like Flies
Posted in civil procedure, criminal law, economics, education, ethics, free speech, internet, politics, property on July 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
er, or something like that. Debbie Palfrey gets to release her 46 pounds of phone records (PDF of court order, pops in new window) to anyone who wants them. I’m sure that TPM will be first, second, and third in line.
The Knives Come Out for the RIAA
Posted in civil procedure, copyright, economics, ethics, fair use, internet, property, technology on June 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Attorney Ray Beckerman reports at /. and at his blog that after the defendant’s success in Capitol v. Foster, other defendants are following Foster’s lead and demanding attorney’s fees from the RIAA. If every defendant in these frivolous RIAA lawsuits filed a counterclaim for attorney’s fees, the RIAA would go bankrupt. The music industry is [...]
