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We're seeing a sort of Wal-Martisation of this world - Pundit on BBC Radio 4
RIAA loses Jammie appeal
THE ONLY successful Recording Industry Association of America conviction against a file-sharer will go to retrial despite the music industry's best efforts.
The RIAA appealed an earlier decision to grant a retrial of the copyright infringement case against Jammie Thomas.
A jury found Jammie Thomas guilty of copyright infringement by illegally sharing more than 1,700 songs and said that she needed to pay $220,000 to six of the top music labels.
However the Judge in charge of the chase US District Judge Michael Davis ordered a retrial after he found that he misguided the jury by telling them that the act of making a copyrighted song available for sharing amounts to infringement. He ordered a new trial for March.
But the RIAA really does not want another trial, particularly if the Judge is going to tell the jury that making a copyrighted file available is not infringement. The RIAA has already admitted that proving that songs have been downloaded from services like Kazaa is nearly impossible.
The music industry stands to lose countless cases if it loses this particularly high profile one.
So the RIAA appealed the judge's decision to declare a mistrial. Unfortunately, Davis just chucked it out without commenting. µ
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Screw the RIAA and groups like Metallica too. Oh poor me, (Metallica) we can't afford a solid gold toilet and will have to get the gold plated one because of those evil people sharing our music. Bow down before us and Hollywood where the world revolves around us. Those people make me want to puke, including the political hacks in Hollywood too. Stick to your music then shut the hell up, we don't care about your socialist liberal ideals either, Madonna and Bruce the socialist Springstien, kooks.
Maybe the judge feels more like a judge now that Bush is going.
"Hah-Ha!"
I agree with with mont. With Bush leaving, maybe a little bit of justice will be doled out for a little while before the next tyrant begins to spew his cud on the peasents. Joe Biden has been caught in bed with the RIAA more than once and who is his buddy?
mp3's are to blame for the economic meltdown. Them and flying pigs.
May your first day in hell last 10000 years.
And may it be the shortest.
LMFAO.
Please keep in mind that you now have a VP coming in who is essentially an RIAA bagman and a president who is going to have to pay back Hollywood and the music industry for helping to get him elected. And please do some research on the judge that made the decision before you blame it on Bush influence. In other words, stop blathering, educate yourself, and stop fitting facts and events into some agenda you have.
The judge ruled for the RIAA, and then corrected HIMSELF, and the appeals court upheld the reversal (which is an anti-RIAA decision). Exactly where is the influence from a President coming into play in this situation?
I'm just happy to see some sanity return to the copyright debate.
For years the government has complied with industry requests to extend copyright protection and to include items which are specifically excluded by the Constitution.
Copyright has the dual purpose of protecting the works of artists and advancing the arts by making those works public property after a time. The courts have decided that as long as the "artist" is a corporation the second purpose is null and void, allowing perpetual protection.
They have also decided to extend protection to, "useful articles," ie software. This is plainly unconstitutional!
Whatever happened to the Fair Use clause? How long before we don't even own the CD we just bought, only a "license" to listen to it?