BBC TV report on the Oink arrest: http://youtube.com/watch?v=QuwwMZKYxag
Suspicious claims in this report: * "illegal downloading ... media organizations ... billions in lost revenue" * "suspect has made hundreds of thousands of pounds" * "180,000 members who pay a subscription" * "music available on that website is pre-release, hasn't got into record shops" BONUS * footage of napster and winamp 2.666 with "slim shady" playing in the background! Enjoy, Kevin On 10/23/07, Fred Benenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It looks to be one of those "arrest now and ask questions later" kind of > tactics that were used against DVD Jon and The Pirate Bay. > > They do this against cyclists in NYC to break up the Critical Mass rides -- > people get thrown into jail as a punishment rather than a act of the legal > process and by the time their case gets to court, 99.9% of the time, the > judge dismisses it. > > Anyway, it will be strange to see how the Trademark argument against TV > Links is pursued, but I think Asheesh is on to something.... > > > IANAL, > > F > > > > On 10/23/07, Asheesh Laroia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 23 Oct 2007, Kevin Driscoll wrote: > > > > > Yes! It's absolutely critical to examine this distinction (if indeed, > > > there is a distinction to be found.) > > > > > > Stranger still, if you take the Register's account, the TV-Links > > > arrest is based on trademark law! > > > > > > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/23/tv_links_trademark_law/ > > > > I am not a laywer, nor do I impersonate them on mailing lists, but > > wouldn't it only be a trademark violation if they using the > > trademarked name of a TV show to link to video file that was *not* the > > TV show in question? That is to say, if the abuser of the mark were > > misleading consumers using the mark? > > > > I eagerly await corrections, slap-downs, and shocked stares from those on > > this list who actually know law. > > > > -- Asheesh. > > > > -- > > Usage: fortune -P [] -a [xsz] [Q: [file]] [rKe9] -v6[+] dataspec ... > inputdir > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
