____/ Jerry McBride on Friday 29 June 2007 00:51 : \____
> Oldtech wrote:
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>> | RIAA, Safenet Sued For Malicious Prosecution |
>> | from the what-goes-around dept. |
>> | posted by kdawson on Monday June 25, @20:34 (The Courts) |
>> | http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/25/2310205 |
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>> [0]DaveAtFraud writes "Tanya Anderson, the single mother from Oregon
>> previously sued by the RIAA â?? which dropped the case just before
>> losing a
>> summary judgement â?? is now [1]suing the RIAA and their hired snoop
>> Safenet for malicious prosecution. (Safenet was formerly known as
>> MediaSentry.) Anderson is asserting claims under the Computer Fraud and
>> Abuse Act and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act. A
>> reader at Groklaw has already picked up that she is seeking to have the
>> RIAA forfeit the copyrights in question as part of the settlement
>> (search
>> the page for '18.6-7')."
>>
>
> Wow, this is awesome news. Could this be the begining of the end of the
> RIAAmadness? After all, this IS America.
I doubt it'll resolve anything. Everything in American is still moved by money,
including legislation. Just come to consider that some universities have given
up to the RIAA recently after the RIAA threatened to suffocate them. It used
politicians to affect funding source. And now, you see, universities will
just look up IP addresses, watch logs, and let the suits sue people's whose
computer may have simply been a part of a botnet. Given the huge proportion of
Windows PCs that are zombies, can any action really be taken? Can single
mothers and teenagers afford a fight in court (with pompous lawyers)? It's an
open door to extortion and the RIAA could use the money after revenues had
sunk 40% in one year.
I worry that America (and Britland, which can be equally sensitive to influence
by money, as Lessig recently confirmed) will only learn its lesson when it
sinks (in terms of its economy). A drop from 1st to 7th position in just one
year should serve as a wakeup call. Some countries choose technological and
cultural (media) independence not because American export is bad, but because
it has become a matter of principle. It's about image. It's also about justice
and ethics.
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