I understand tat a university legal professor has taken on the RIAA
in defending a student at a nationally known us university. His
premise is that the RIAA is being given permission by the us congress
to do law enforcement work.
It is a very interesting tactic he is taking. Ought to be
interesting to see how it comes out.
Stewart
At 09:53 PM 11/22/2008, you wrote:
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| RICO Class Action Against RIAA In Missouri |
| from the take-'em-down-dano dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Friday November 21, @12:49 (The Courts) |
| http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/21/1644213 |
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[0]NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "In [1]Atlantic Recording v. Raleigh, an
RIAA case pending in St. Louis, Missouri, the defendant has [2]asserted
detailed counterclaims against the RIAA for federal RICO violations,
fraud, violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, prima facie tort,
trespass, and conspiracy. The claims focus on the RIAA's 'driftnet'
tactic of suing innocent people, and of demanding extortionate
settlements. The RICO 'predicate acts' alleged in the [3]42-page pleading
(PDF) are extortion, mail fraud, and wire fraud. The proposed class
includes all people residing in the US 'who were falsely accused ... of
downloading copyrighted sound recordings owned by the counterclaim
Defendants and making them available for distribution or mass
distribution over a P2P network and who incurred costs and damages
including legal fees in defense of such false claims' or 'whose computers
used in interstate commerce and/or communication were accessed ...
without permission or authority.' This is the second class action of
which we are aware against the RIAA and the Big 4 recording companies,
the first being [4]the Oregon class action brought by Tanya Andersen,
which is presently in the discovery phase."
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/11/21/1644213
Links:
0. http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/
1.
http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2007/01/index-of-litigation-documents.html#Atlantic_v_Raleigh
2.
http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2008/11/new-rico-class-action-claims-asserted.html
3.
http://beckermanlegal.com/pdf/?file=/Lawyer_Copyright_Internet_Law/atlantic_raleigh_081120AmendedAnswerCounterclaims.pdf
4. http://www.p2pnet.net/story/15833
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