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Strakian
on February 20, 2004 11:26 AM |
Can someone who speaks law decipher this snippet for the lame ones? thanks... :grinthumb |
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Per Hansson
on February 20, 2004 2:36 PM |
racketeering? |
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TS | Thomas
on February 20, 2004 2:53 PM |
(I think) the basic argument is that they're suing for an overwhelming amount of money per infringement (Copyrighted track downloaded), knowing that rather than try fight against them in court you'll settle with them for significantly less money (Thousands as opposed to Hundreds of thousands or more). & that's illegal, well, hopefully, it was used a lot against organised crime. |
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MaskedBurrito
on February 20, 2004 4:10 PM |
Man I hope this blows up in the RIAA's face.. |
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MrGaribaldi
on February 20, 2004 6:22 PM |
Well, Mitch Bainwol and Cary Sherman doesn't really remind me of Al Capone, but hopefully that won't stop the US courts to find them guilty... :) |
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TS | Thomas
on February 21, 2004 5:15 AM |
I guess a decent analogy would be this. If you steal a CD Album from a store, can you expect to be sued for $1 million or so? No. But if you downloaded it you can. That's just crazy. |
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groucho
on February 22, 2004 3:13 PM |
The case has absolutely no merit...the RICO act is applied when criminality is involved. While the RIAA's business acts may be reprehensible, they are not criminal. |
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MrGaribaldi
on February 22, 2004 7:49 PM |
When the damages claimed are so astronomical that almost noone can pay them if they loose the case, you might actually call that racketeering...But it's more of a white collar crime... |
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