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Why open source needs the RIAA to lose
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| Sullivan thinks that if left unopposed, these lawsuits could create a culture
| in which people become afraid to share, presuming sharing to be theft.
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| The RIAA agrees, saying that the FSF is an organisation "dedicated to
| eliminating restrictions on copying, redistribution, and modifying computer
| programs, and classic intellectual property." In short it thinks that the
| free software movement aims to liberalise copyright law, which it thinks
| places free software squarely on the side of illegal file-sharers.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1137335/why-source-riaa-lose
Same argument in both cases, but "content" is replaced by "code".
Recent:
The RIAA vs. 19 Year Old Cancer Patient
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| Among the RIAA's latest targets in its campaign to sue its customer base into
| submission is a 19-year-old cancer patient. Ciaro Sauro was ruled a music
| pirate after failing to defend herself in court against charges from the RIAA
| that she was sharing music files online. Ms. Sauro has said she couldn't
| defend herself as she is hospitalized once a week, and vehemently denies the
| allegations that she is a pirate.
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http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/entertainment/2009/3/26/the_riaa_vs_19_year_old.htm
RIAA Sued For Racketeering Yet Again
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| A few people have filed lawsuits against the RIAA for racketeering in the
| past, though these charges have always been dismissed. In one such case,
| where the filed charges were dismissed over the summer, new claims were filed
| again charging the RIAA with racketeering for extortion, mail fraud and wire
| fraud in its ongoing efforts involving weakly supported threats against
| alleged file sharers demanding money to avoid being sued.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20081121/1203512916.shtml
RIAA lied to the US Congress
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| In April the RIAA told US lawmakers that it was not going to chase individual
| file-sharers any more and was going to stop dragging grannies, homeless
| people and kids into court using dodgy evidence obtained by methods that
| seemed to break some state laws.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1137039/riaa-lied-us-congress
RIAA: "we have no choice" but to file more named lawsuits
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| The RIAA said it would file no more "new" lawsuits against individual
| file-swappers, but it filed more such lawsuits in April. How to explain the
| apparent contradiction? By defining "new" in a particular way.
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http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/05/riaa-we-have-no-choice-but-to-file-more-named-lawsuits.ars
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