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| stargelman |
  Feb 3 2006, 09:25 AM
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 Senor Snore  Joined: 8-February 05 From: Onderon  |
Wow...I always felt the RIAA and their tactics of "sue them, and they'll buy more records" was silly, but this is just rediculous. From the article:
Marie Lindor, a home health aide who has never bought, used, or even turned on a computer in her life, but was nevertheless sued by the RIAA in Brooklyn federal court for using an "online distribution system" to "download, distribute, and/or make available for distribution" plaintiff's music files, has requested a pre-motion conference in anticipation of making a summary judgment motion dismissing the complaint and awarding her attorneys fees under the Copyright Act. Yeah. Sueing someone for file swapping who doesn't even own a computer. That's rich. What's next? Sueing the residents of an old folks home for humming melodies without paying royalties? -------------------- Being good means getting better.
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| Proweler |
Feb 4 2006, 06:08 PM
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I wonder if you could make a profit just by suing people for piracy.....
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| stargelman |
Feb 4 2006, 11:09 PM
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Senor Snore Joined: 8-February 05 From: Onderon |
QUOTE(Proweler @ Feb 4 2006, 06:08 PM) I wonder if you could make a profit just by suing people for piracy.....  A certain german lawyer did. -------------------- Being good means getting better.
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| Proweler |
Feb 5 2006, 09:28 PM
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QUOTE(stargelman @ Feb 4 2006, 11:09 PM) Doesn't ring a bell here. What is his story? -------------------- |
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| stargelman |
Feb 8 2006, 10:10 AM
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Senor Snore Joined: 8-February 05 From: Onderon |
QUOTE(Proweler @ Feb 5 2006, 09:28 PM) Doesn't ring a bell here. What is his story? That's one special guy. He's a lawyer and he's probably one of the most hated individuals in this country. Early in his carrier, he hunted pirates. He forced some guy to pose as a girl on a couch for a photo which he then used in some teen mag for an ad where he wrote he was a girl that was interested in mail-swapping games. All those who answered that ad were in for a surprise. Later, he found another field to excell in and began to work in the trademark business. He'd send warnings to people for using trademark names which would cost those people a lot of money, often whole batches of them. The most (in)famous such case involves a trademark called 'Explorer', and he sent warnings to people who had programs on their homepages with names like "FTP Explorer", but not to the makers of such programs. Eventually someone didn't want to pay and asked the PO for removal of that trademark and won, and that whole business was over, but I'm sure he's found something new by now. To say he's unpopular is an understatement. His office door sign has been removed several times, he's undoubtedly received numerous anonymous threads and I think even his car was burnt down once. -------------------- Being good means getting better.
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| Soulseeker3.0 |
Feb 8 2006, 10:41 PM
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Ha, his car.... Yes well sounds like I'd hate him if I ran into him... but whats his name?
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| stargelman |
Feb 9 2006, 11:38 AM
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Senor Snore Joined: 8-February 05 From: Onderon |
QUOTE(Soulseeker3.0 @ Feb 8 2006, 10:41 PM) Ha, his car.... Yes well sounds like I'd hate him if I ran into him... but whats his name? Günther Freiherr von Gravenreuth (the title he got from his wife). Though that's taking us a bit off-topic  -------------------- Being good means getting better.
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