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Textbook Piracy Grows Online, Prompting a Counterattack From Publishers
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| So far the publishing group has not sought to take legal action against
| individual student downloaders, as the Recording Industry Association of
| America has done in its campaign to stamp out the illegal trading of music at
| colleges. The book-publishing group has not sought to shut down entire Web
| sites that offer downloads either, said Mr. McCoyd. Instead, officials are
| doing research on the extent of the problem and asking Web-site owners to
| remove individual files. "We've just tried to keep sweeping away these
| infringements as they continue to come online," he said.
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http://chronicle.com/free/2008/07/3623n.htm
Recent:
Chief RIAA Litigator Named Colorado Judge -- UPDATE
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| The Pirate Party of the United States took a different position. "Being the
| lead counsel in a multi-year campaign of extortion, pretexting, and sham
| litigation should not be rewarded with a seat in any court, except perhaps as
| a defendant," said the party's chairman, Andrew Norton.
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http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/05/chief-riaa-liti.html
Related:
Counterclaims for extortion, conspiracy, trespass, consumer fraud & abuse,
abuse of process upheld in Atlantic v. Boyer
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| The counterclaims are for civil conspiracy, extortion, illegal
| investigations, computer fraud, trespass, deception, and abuse of process.
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http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2008/05/counterclaims-for-extortion-conspiracy.html
Dancing tot's mom faces setback in YouTube-Prince case
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| EFF had asked for a ruling that the 30-second snippet did not violate
| copyright law; Fogel concluded it was unnecessary because "Universal has
| indicated it had and presently has no intention of ever asserting an
| infringement action directly against Lenz based on the 'Let's Go Crazy'
| video."
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9929922-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Does She Look Like a Music Pirate?
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| Andersen is going after the recording industry under conspiracy laws. She
| argues the Recording Industry Association of America, the industry's trade
| group, and its affiliates worked together on a broad campaign to intimidate
| people into making financial payoffs. The defendants "secretly met and
| conspired" to develop a "litigation enterprise" with the ultimate goal of
| preserving the major record companies' control over the music business.
| Andersen is requesting class action status for her case, seeking at least $5
| million in compensation for the class
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| [...]
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| From her apartment outside Portland, Andersen remains involved in the broader
| case. She collects files on her suit and tracks other disputes with the RIAA
| online. One recent winter day, she sipped a Diet Pepsi and watched Tazz jump
| from the couch and settle on the floor. "You have to find some positive in
| stuff, too," she says. "For whatever reason, I have been given a unique
| opportunity to fight this. I feel a responsibility in a way and want to help
| others. That pushes me along."
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http://www.businessweek.com/print/magazine/content/08_18/b4082042959954.htm
Music boss: we were wrong to go to war with consumers
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| The boss of Warner Music has made a rare public confession that the music
| industry has to take some of the blame for the rise of p2p file sharing.
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http://www.pcpro.co.uk/macuser/news/138990/music-boss-we-were-wrong-to-go-to-war-with-consumers.html
Defendant: RIAA abusing courts to shore up "failing business model"
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| After the lawsuit was filed, Njuguna said she boxed up the PC reportedly used
| for infringement and purchased a new one. She then filed a series of
| counterclaims to the RIAA's lawsuit in an attempt to have the lawsuit
| dismissed and her name cleared. One of those accuses the record labels of
| failing to negotiate in good faith.
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| [...]
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| Njugana also accuses the RIAA of engaging in deceptive and unfair trade
| practices, arguing that the record labels have demonstrated repeated behavior
| that has an "adverse effect on the public interest." She also cites former
| RIAA defendant Tanya Andersen's lawsuit (which seeks class-action status) as
| evidence that, unless the courts step in at some point, the RIAA will
| continue its campaign.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070913-defendant-riaa-abusing-courts-to-shore-up-failing-business-model.html
The RIAA will come to regret its court win
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| And, he told his blog readers: "If [the industry tries to] keep up the
| strategy of 'you need us badly and therefore we make the rules' you will lose
| the artists, their managers... and the audience. Another 12 months for this
| Radiohead experiment to become the default approach. Get engaged or get
| outmoded. And do it soon."
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/08/0810_riaa_comment/
Mom Sues Universal Music for DMCA Abuse
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| The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed suit today against Universal
| Music Publishing Group (UMPG), asking a federal court to protect the fair use
| and free speech rights of a mother who posted a short video of her toddler
| son dancing to a Prince song on the Internet.
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http://www.linuxelectrons.com/news/general/10869/mom-sues-universal-music-dmca-abuse
RIAA, MPAA urge pro-copyright vows from presidential candidates
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| One question, for instance, asks: "How would you promote the progress of
| science and creativity, as enumerated in the U.S. Constitution, by upholding
| and strengthening copyright law and preventing its diminishment?"
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9821141-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
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