On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 2:30 AM, bob_brigante <[email protected]>wrote:
> There is a saying in libel law: "The truth is an absolute defense." If the > TM-free unfortunates had any confidence in what they were saying, they could > continue to do so instead of crawling back under their rock. But, in fact, > they are lying and they know they are lying, which is why TM lawyers asked > them not to lie. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_defense_(legal)<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_defense_%28legal%29> > > There's a reality in the American legal system that unless you have the time and money to launch a lengthy legal defense with lots of high priced lawyers you will lose not because you're not right but because you can't afford to keep up the fight. The COS does this sort of think all the time. The RIAA has recently been slapped down by a federal court after years of legal intimidation tactics. The RIAA lawyers involved are facing sanction by the court for what amounts to malicious prosecution. People with no ethics will stop at nothing to get their way. Including, apparently you, Bob Brigante.
