digitalmusicnews.com — Via Techdirt.com(http://techdirt.com/articles/20050921/0959248_F.shtml)"...a judge has said that the liability cannot be placed on the parent, freaking out the RIAA, who withdrew the case, and then tried to have the judge open up another way to go after the kid -- and the judge refused."Sweet, sweet victory!
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canderSep 21, 2005
Well not a total vistory. The judge didnt award attorny fees to the defendent on it.
nukethewhalesSep 21, 2005
Ok so the judge said that you can't hold the parents accountable but can you really hold the kids accountable? If this were a crime they wouldn't be prosecuted the same as an adult so can a civil case be held against the child? If the child loses is the parent not responsible for paying the RIAA? If not then who is? I don't think that the judge's decision will hold up. I think it could be overturned and it probably should be overturned. If parents are no longer responsible for their children's actions then who is?
xs10shulSep 22, 2005
Meh. The case is meaningless. The RIAA can still sue, and even if they filed a dozen suits like this, the threat of a trial is enough to accomplish their real goal--inspiring fear. Remember: they don't really want damages in these cases. They want to file enough cases against average folks to make others stop downloading.
Closed AccountSep 22, 2005
I'm buying all my music from the local neighborhood teenage geek...How much did you say you wanted for that 300GB hard drive full of mp3s?...and I'm going to pay for their bandwidth too!
gillsSep 22, 2005
"The RIAA continued to argue that Ms. Chan was indirectly liable for providing a computer to her teenage daughter"I could had someone a knife, does that make me responsible for any subsequent murders committed with it? praise to Hon. Lawrence Zatkoff
Closed AccountSep 22, 2005
Wow! The RIAA is so Evil. Like pure freaking evil. SHES 13 for f**ks sake.
xs10shulSep 22, 2005
jkfan87 - Well, it's an objective standard across the board, though from my experience, many courts are unsympathetic to parents who don't know what their kids are up to. "If you know what they intend to do with it, then the answer is YES."I'd actually say it's more: if you are the legal guardian of a minor, you ought to do your best to prevent them from breaking the law. :-)
Closed AccountSep 28, 2005
music is not a creative endeavor, painting is.