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Judges warned about RIAA antics
AMERICA'S TOP JUDGES have been briefed on the antics of the Recording Industry Association of America.
New York attorney Ray Beckerman has written a paper for the American Bar Association's Judge's Journal's bumper summer issue.
Beckerman, who defends people sued by the MAFIAA, told judges about the finer points of case law relating to the wave of P2P cases.
Called Large Recording Companies v The Defenseless, the article explains RIAA lawyers' method of working, which he thinks are getting dodgier as time wears on.
The bulk of the article looks at legal matters concerning venue, jurisdiction, dismissal, discovery, confidentiality, legal fees and default judgments.
One of the central issues which judges have faced in deciding on P2P cases are the huge amounts of case law and a lack of knowledge of the technical problems.
If the robed but not wigged ones read the missive they are certainly going to get a perspective that the music industry would not like. µ
L'Inq
Beckermanlegal.com
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Nice write-up (if you plowed through all of it). RIAA's behavior is as criminal as those who *actually* stole/distributed music.

What's truly distrubing is how easily the RIAA has usurped the US legal system. What I can only hope is that Ms. Andersen of "Atlantic vs Andersen" wins the class action against the RIAA.

I wonder how many people have settled because they had their wifi connection invaded due to lack of encryption or hacking.
The quote is incorrect. The correct phrase is "The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!" See http://www.jabberwocky.com/carroll/jabber/jabberwocky.html
I hope the under privileged get to read this...

Excellent article.