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mipadi
The RIAA's case against music sharers is getting more and more intriguing:

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RIAA lawyers bully witnesses into perjury

In Motown v. Nelson, pending in federal court in Port Huron, Michigan (Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division), the defendants -- Mr. and Mrs. Nelson -- have made a motion for attorneys fees against the RIAA attorneys, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1927 for unreasonable and vexatious litigation and improperly interfering and/or obtaining false testimony from a prospective witness.

Got all that? Good. For the rest of us, here's what it means. The RIAA sued the Nelsons, who in turn are basically asking for the case to be dismissed and their legal fees reimbursed, because the RIAA lawyers got the testimonies they wanted from some witnesses through coercion and/or extortion.

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kryogenix
Yeah, that's pretty ridiculous. They had no case unless they forced the kid to lie. Awesome way to boost PR.
sadolakced acid
is there some MLC or someting?

music listeners coalition?

there needs to be a consumer group to counteract RIAA.
sw33t_rouge
i dont get what the article is saying...
kryogenix
QUOTE(sadolakced acid @ Jan 2 2006, 12:34 AM)
is there some MLC or someting?

music listeners coalition?

there needs to be a consumer group to counteract RIAA.
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Well, there's the EFF.
sadolakced acid
eff?
kryogenix
QUOTE(sadolakced acid @ Jan 7 2006, 11:59 PM)
eff?
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Electronic Frontier Foundaton.

http://www.eff.org/
medic
I read a article somewhere, on how the RIAA dropped a few thousand lawsuits because they did not have enough evidence again the accused or something. I will have to find that, it was interesting.
mipadi
QUOTE(sw33t_rouge @ Jan 7 2006, 2:20 PM)
i dont get what the article is saying...
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The RIAA was trying to sue someone for file-swapping, but they had no case, so they forced a person to lie under oath in order to give them "evidence" for the trial.
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