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RIAA sued for amnesty offer
California resident Eric Parke, on behalf of the general public of the state, filed a suit Tuesday against the trade association because of its amnesty, or "Clean Slate," program, a provisional shield it introduced Monday that allows people to avoid legal action by stepping forward and forfeiting any illegally traded songs. The suit, filed in the Marin Superior Court of California, charges that the RIAA's program is a deceptive and fraudulent business practice.
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Quite right too.Meanwhile, that Sherman guy was on BBC News 24 the other day. He's their lap dog. He was talking about P2P file swappers like they were drug dealers. Seriously.
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[quote][i]Originally posted by Phantasm66 [/i]Quite right too.Meanwhile, that Sherman guy was on BBC News 24 the other day. He's their lap dog. He was talking about P2P file swappers like they were drug dealers. Seriously. [/quote] That guy ought to be struck by ligthning for misleading the public!
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I read that the other day as well. Those people really piss me off.
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I've been reading a lot of things lately which seem to portray p2p almost like the mafia or as someone said, drug dealers, or even murderers. I've also noticed that RIAA's newest tactic seems to be the claim that file traders are using artists names to push child porn. I would even speculate the possibility of RIAA trying to flood p2p networks with CP in order to validate their claims.
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