Minnesota woman to appeal $220,000 RIAA award
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| Jammie Thomas, the Minnesota woman who last week was ordered to pay the
| recording industry $222,000 for copyright violations related to sharing
| songs, has decided to appeal the verdict.
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9792759-7.html
As someone said, here you have a convicted monopoly walking around and
destroying the global industry while one woman get this kind of treatment for
possession of music.
An open letter to the RIAA
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| I think it's time you change your tactics. Did you know that amid your
| lawsuits, peer-to-peer downloading and torrent downloads have doubled since
| the lawsuits began? Did you know that although the law clearly states we
| shouldn't be pirating music, there's little teeth behind a law if millions do
| it? Much like the days of prohibition, you're fighting a battle you can't
| win. It's time you give it up.
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9792724-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Related:
An Oregon Woman's Lawsuit against the RIAA, Alleging Racketeering and Malicious
Prosecution
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| however, that the RIAA is, at a minimum, very foolish to press suits
| for purported file-sharing against unlikely defendants like Andersen -
| who alleges that she came forward with solid proof of her innocence.
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http://writ.news.findlaw.com/ramasastry/20070628.html
Record Industry Woes Aggravated by Years of Bad PR
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| They say no publicity is bad publicity, but that's not true. Ask Atlanta
| Falcon quarterback Michael Vick whose alleged involvement in a dog fighting
| ring just got him banned from training camp by the NFL, a move that alone may
| end his career even if the courts never convict him.
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| The lingering after effects of several player strikes showed the major sports
| franchises what can happen when the fan becomes dissatisfied. Today many
| music fans are unhappy. Can anyone honestly say that poor goodwill has had no
| affect on CD sales? Can anyone say that the examples above have had no affect
| on this goodwill?
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http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/7002/record-industry-pr.html
Class Action Initiated Against RIAA
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| The amended complaint seeking class action status (PDF) sues for negligence,
| fraud, negligent misrepresentation, federal and state RICO, abuse of process,
| malicious prosecution, intentional infliction of emotional distress,
| violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, trespass, invasion of privacy,
| libel and slander, deceptive business practices, misuse of copyright law, and
| civil conspiracy.
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http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/17/1728225&from=rss
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