boingboing.net— The RIAA brought a file-sharing lawsuit against a guy who died; they offered the departed's family a 60-day grieving period before they began to depose his children for the suit against his estate
Aug 12, 2006View in Crawl 4
Before purchasing any form of music (be it digital or CD), type in the band on RIAA Radar to get a clear idea of which albums - often all - are controlled by the RIAA. This way you know which purchases profit the artist, and which line the wallets of a corporation who may one day use that cash to sue you.Buy the independently produced ones and support the artists; but make a note of the RIAA controlled albums and buy them second-hand on eBay. If you enjoy them, send the band ?5 in the post ~ they'll make more money than an album sale and no blood money is involved.<a class="user" href="http://www.magnetbox.com/riaa/">http://www.magnetbox.com/riaa/</a>(It's not my site, so don't accuse me of shameless plugging)
DDOS attacks are NOT THE ANSWER. What this war needs is some legal action. The RIAA and MPAA must go down in flames.Why has there not been any class-action lawsuits filed?
A quick word to ALL the people who have read this story and have bought and continue to buy NEW CDs from RIAA associated labels:You are all guilty by association for the misery this family is going through!You are all guilty by association for the 18000+ lawsuits brought against your peers!You are all guilty of FUNDING this campaign of terror.You are ALL a bunch of no brain, thoughtless, selfish bastards who lack the intelligence to find something more worthwhile to do with your time than CONSUME s**t!There are -ZERO- exceptions. You buy RIAA Associated media, you fund terrorism.I hope you are -ALL- proud of yourselves.Oh and iPOD owners and iTunes users fall into the same category.
Hello you two!This is NOT about a band(U2) or a single artist (Weird Al)THIS is about the action of a lawyer for the RIAA. A lawyer that was once before caught in doing questionable things!As Ray Beckerman (laywer) commented on his blog:I find it interesting that a year or so after the prior incident, the RIAA continues to use Mr. Krichbaum as their local counsel. I can only infer, from that, that he is "their kind of guy".
nogoodreasonAug 12, 2006
Before purchasing any form of music (be it digital or CD), type in the band on RIAA Radar to get a clear idea of which albums - often all - are controlled by the RIAA. This way you know which purchases profit the artist, and which line the wallets of a corporation who may one day use that cash to sue you.Buy the independently produced ones and support the artists; but make a note of the RIAA controlled albums and buy them second-hand on eBay. If you enjoy them, send the band ?5 in the post ~ they'll make more money than an album sale and no blood money is involved.<a class="user" href="http://www.magnetbox.com/riaa/">http://www.magnetbox.com/riaa/</a>(It's not my site, so don't accuse me of shameless plugging)
sylvaberkleyAug 13, 2006
They don't actually know that he did it....they're just saying he did.
lvsfinestAug 13, 2006
Why do I keep getting a reply from 141.156.8.10 saying destination unreachable?
sonoflibertyAug 13, 2006
I think you know what you need to do.
jimmstaAug 13, 2006
DDOS attacks are NOT THE ANSWER. What this war needs is some legal action. The RIAA and MPAA must go down in flames.Why has there not been any class-action lawsuits filed?
Closed AccountAug 13, 2006
You idiots know how small pings are right? Loading their website is 1000000x more effecient. However that still won't work.
beamerboyAug 13, 2006
Yet another hypocritical post from a member of the f**king herd.You f**king moron.
beamerboyAug 13, 2006
A quick word to ALL the people who have read this story and have bought and continue to buy NEW CDs from RIAA associated labels:You are all guilty by association for the misery this family is going through!You are all guilty by association for the 18000+ lawsuits brought against your peers!You are all guilty of FUNDING this campaign of terror.You are ALL a bunch of no brain, thoughtless, selfish bastards who lack the intelligence to find something more worthwhile to do with your time than CONSUME s**t!There are -ZERO- exceptions. You buy RIAA Associated media, you fund terrorism.I hope you are -ALL- proud of yourselves.Oh and iPOD owners and iTunes users fall into the same category.
germanopinionAug 13, 2006
Hello you two!This is NOT about a band(U2) or a single artist (Weird Al)THIS is about the action of a lawyer for the RIAA. A lawyer that was once before caught in doing questionable things!As Ray Beckerman (laywer) commented on his blog:I find it interesting that a year or so after the prior incident, the RIAA continues to use Mr. Krichbaum as their local counsel. I can only infer, from that, that he is "their kind of guy".
clueless25Aug 14, 2006
Omg this sucks! I pity the children who are gonna be "disposed of"
carnage1337Aug 14, 2006
<a class="user" href="http://digg.com/tech_news/Hacker_Coalition_Releases_Lawsuit_Proof_P2P_System">http://digg.com/tech_news/Hacker_Coalition_Releases_Lawsuit_Proof_P2P_System</a>It seems that certain people didn't approve of the Riaa suing dead people amasing what can eb done with a bit of motivation and some clever thinking outside of the box :)
mad1stlAug 14, 2006
@speckledlemon here's something close... <a class="user" href="http://www.legalreader.com/archives/001797.html">http://www.legalreader.com/archives/001797.html</a>
nogoodreasonSep 2, 2006
"He sent a private jet to go get his hat? Bulls**t. Stop making s**t up."Sorry to burst your bubble, but Bono did actually do this.
sentrosiSep 20, 2006
My band was "From First to Last" ^^