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- norman619, on 10/10/2007, -1/+128Why aren't their lawyers in prison for posing as relatives to get information from a school? Fraud anyone? Oh I get it it's only wrong if you or I do that. It's OK for an org with political clout and very deep pockets. Makes sense to me!
- physphd, on 10/10/2007, -0/+63Was the rest of your second sentence copyrighted?
- waif69, on 10/10/2007, -0/+53I would love to see the RIAA dragged through the legal system like what happened to SCO.
- offspring06, on 10/10/2007, -1/+50What a bunch of crooks the RIAA are. I
- cawpin, on 10/10/2007, -2/+40Nope, Comcast just cut off his upload.
- TheZorch, on 10/10/2007, -1/+34Yes, its about time we the consumers banded together and struck back at the RIAA, MPAA and BSA and tell them "DAMMIT STOP IT!". Quit ripping us off with CDs that have maybe only one good song on them and are loaded with DRM that breaks the security on our computers, and maybe you'll turn a profit. Quit treating us like we're criminals before giving us the shadow of the doubt. Stop making us have to enter in activation codes to prove we bought the product and stop using software that Black Lists our computer because we use Virtual CD software or have CD burning software like Alcohol 120 which we might be using for legitimate reasons. Enough is ***** enough!!!!
- DigitalBrian, on 10/10/2007, -0/+27So this woman has been bothered on a daily business for 2 and a half years, and all she gets is her lawyer fees? she should sue them for wrongful hardship and demand millions of dollars for each song they claimed she downloaded, they need to feel their own love.
- bumpinvolvo, on 10/10/2007, -3/+29***** THE RIAA.
- rabidmonkey1, on 10/10/2007, -1/+26Yes, hi... we are Suzy's...uhm...Uncles! Yes, that's it! We're her Uncles and we're going to...uhm... interro...I mean intimi...What's that? Oh yes, we have to give her her library books, that's it, right? Gentlemen, haha, her library books! Little scamp forgot them today and her parents asked us to drop them off... Yes, they asked all three of us as a matter of fact. Quiet already, can you just bring her here?! No? Identification? Well, I seem to have misplaced...
Run away! Run away! - logicalnoise, on 10/10/2007, -3/+27at last we see the dawn of war....
- nekomimi, on 10/10/2007, -0/+23I envy and applaud Andersen's attorney!
- reuscel, on 10/10/2007, -0/+21***** the RIAA. This frivolous lawsuit shows beyond the shadow of a doubt, how desperate they really are when it comes to getting their precious money.
Stealing/downloading music is a form of civil disobedience against the old system of music distribution, and should be treated as such. The music labels make billions, and the artists make a small pittance in comparison. If I want to support bands whose music I truly like and respect, I'll do it the way music fans always have, and I'll go see them live next time they're on tour and buy some merchandise. I mean, I love Built to Spill, for example, but could give less than half a ***** if Warner Bros. goes under. Warner Bros. doesn't make the art I love. They're just married to an atavistic distribution model, and their insistence on doing things the old way will ultimately be their undoing. Soon, musicians will be judged on their own merits by the people, and not by some douchey A&R rep who has a Berklee degree.
VIVE LA RESISTANCE! - BigSabowski, on 10/10/2007, -2/+20Its about time the RIAA gets the big ol' smackdown. I don't necessarily support outright theft of IP, but I don't think the RIAA is a very respectable organization in the first place.
Good to see you on the front page MotoBike Man!! - kitchung, on 10/10/2007, -0/+18Just ask HP about pretexting...
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+17So glad this is happening... reminds me of Direct TV suing anyone who purchased a smart card programmer... Their case was if you a buy a smart card programmer you could use it to steal DTV and thats all the proof they needed to sue you.. They had the same tactics Pay us now and we wont sue you...
- Sirocco, on 10/10/2007, -0/+16Yeah but I don't want it to take as long.
- iamasmallgoat, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12I can't wait for the fake Media Defender Digg accounts to come in here and tell us that Ms. Anderson is a scumbag.
- dupswapdrop, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12Ok Media Defender and the RIAA just send me the check so I don't have to sue you.Oh you already have my address so don't try to say you don't know who I am.Isn't this the way you like it?
- spudlyo, on 10/10/2007, -4/+16***** the RIAA.
- havesometea, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11Agent Smith would like a word with you Ms. Anderson.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10Well if the 10's of Thousands would fight it in court we would have more of these... but at least now there are more 0 at successfully defending themselves against the RIAA extortion practices. So the way i see the more that fight will win and this is the end for the RIAA....
- HonoredMule, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9Well, the RIAA employees are supposed to be innocent until proven guilty also, aren't they? I hope they all rot, but I can wait for due process.
- theworldisflat, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9"I come back to you now, at the turn of the tide"
- heystoopid, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8The sad irony about this case , undoubtedly had they settled the first bill properly as first requested and not gone after the child in such a stupid irresponsible manner(may be the bar association should also be forced sack that stupid jerk for his idiocracy) none of this vendetta would have arisen !
So instead of trying to pay the initial amount as originally outlined in the first extortion letter , they very deliberately set about jerking both the victor and lawyer over every last cent on the bill and trying to eliminate all fees involved in the time out conferences they called ! Further , insulting the lawyer by paying her at the lowest court Para-legal rate of $175-00 per hour and not the specialist rate as requested , and then insulting her by sending a check direct to the winner at the last possible time for final settlement minus a few conference payments too , even after being told off by the Judge on the settlement amount in no uncertain terms ! , thus causing problems for her at the next IRS tax filing time !
Yeah , it is the old story , "You ask for what you get and get what you ask for !"
These RIAA lawyers are true dumb ass jerks and pure idiots in every sense of the word !
May these idiot morons , who pretended to be lawyers and defending the RIAA no win cases be included in the next draft to Iraq as front line cannon fodder !
As Forrest Gump would say "Stupid is , stupid does !". - GMorgan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7How many have the RIAA won officially. What is needed is a front to end all the mindless settling with blackmailers. If there is somewhere a person can go instead of settling then the RIAA will find their latest business venture failing.
- Punisher2K, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Good luck getting the money.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8i would have to charge you for reading the "I" in the second sentence.
- phoomp, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9Wait ... people actually find RIAA music worth the bandwidth necessary to download it???
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6I don't know of any suits that have actually gone to court. The RIAA is very careful to make sure they aren't tested in court. A court decision against them would set a legal precedent saying that their methods were not reliable. They have settled thousands of cases by darkening the sky with lawyers and grinding down the defendants before they ever got to court. The fact of the matter is, IP addresses don't identify a specific computer, IP addresses can be faked, and using IP addresses to drag someone in to court is like saying that we are going to sue everyone in an apartment complex because someone living there stole a bicycle.
- digitallyborn, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6YAY!
- maverex, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6After media-defender-defenders's latest, and RIAA still losing court cases, it seems the tides are turning for the Corporate Crooks :D
- jayzer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Homer: Hello, my name is Mr. Burns. I believe you have a letter for me.
Clerk: Okay, Mr. Burns... what's your first name?
Homer: ...I don't know... - johngr, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5What else can you steal where its owner still has it and can use it. "Theft" doesn't apply, neither does "piracy".
- o0joshua0o, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Can we pop open the champagne now?
- MacParrot, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7There is no justification for copyright infringement. If you can't afford it, don't bother with it. We aren't talking about food and water here, but songs and movies. No one is going to die if they can't see Transformers or hear the latest pop crap regurgitated from the labels. There is plenty of free or near free music and video entertainment available that DOESN'T infringe on copyright.
Support local artists that make available their material. For video, check out stuff like "We need Girlfriends". Hysterically funny and absolutely free from YouTube. There are alternatives as well to the DRM laden garbage that's force fed through most outlets. While I use an iPod, I don't buy videos or most audio from iTunes (with some exceptions to EMI non-DRM releases). I just rip from my existing collection or what I might find that's available from legal free sources.
The RIAA and MPAA will continue to protect their copyrights for as long as they deem them valuable. Don't buy it and watch as more artists start to distribute their own material without them. That's what orgs like the **AA's are really afraid of. - Tenoq, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5As long as you leave an identical copy of my car, I really don't mind if you steal it.
- TitanX13, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4media defender is getting sued by the pirates bay already
- Travelsonic, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Stealing a car and copying 1s and 0s are different in a multitude of ways, and as such I feel to say otherwise outside a moral context is stupid, and to say it in a moral context demands proof or support.
- heystoopid, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Well "ff" , I gather you have not been forced to pay royalties on the same piece of music more then six times in the last 50 years !
- cawpin, on 10/10/2007, -3/+6Your second sentence is true. The third is just idiotic. I'll be over later to take your car. It's the new distribution method.
- RidiculousHat, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I'm surprised nobody has said this yet, but...
It's about goddamn time. - tomis, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2You could waste your time downloading the latest Brittany Spears *****, or just go listen to The Bastard Fairies
- insomniac8400, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Purdue students got letters forwarded to them again. The newspaper quoted students who said they were going to pay the settlement. One student even said their father was a lawyer and they were going to settle. It just disturbs me that students are settling when time and time again it's proven the RIAA can't win these cases. It also sucks that purdue's newspaper has become an agent of the RIAA by encouraging students to settle.
- kd1s, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I hope the class action is certified. That would put the recording industry on notice that litigation isn't worth it. But then expect them to start changing the license terms on music such that you must go to arbitration with them instead of using the courts. Arbitration is always lopsided in favor of the licensing entity.
- IllBeBack, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Sadly, I don't think this will be anything but a tiny pothole in the RIAA's quest to criminalize all of its customers.
- insomniac8400, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2They can take the sites down, but suing your own customers if ***** stupid. You think someone who pays them 3 grand is ever going to buy a cd again? And that 3 grand isn't even going to the artists.
- technoredneck, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Apparently not, since the RIAA can't seem to find anyone to legitimately sue and resorts to extortion to get their way.
- JonForTheWin, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1From the article {
"Since we intend to and always intended to comply with all open source software license requirements, we are confident that the matter will be quickly resolved," Graham Radstone, chairman and COO at Monsoon Multimedia said today in a statement.
}
Then WHY did we have to sue? ***** liar, these aren't primarily microsoft windows users he's talking to, we aren't stupid, damn. - epicstruggle, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1/devils advocate:
Is the pot calling the kettle black? -
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