[Nottingham] BBC iPlayer petition

[Martin]

Further bits after THREE YEARS or so:

Martin wrote:
> And is this a prelude to the sort of abuse the RIAA will perpetrate via
> DRM or whatever?
> 
> 
> Record industry tactics cited in suit
> Threats are alleged in music piracy case
> 
> http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070705/news_1n5record.html
> 
> "... So the industry started taking legal action against individual
> computer users it accuses of illegally downloading music – 21,000 people
> since 2003..."
> 
> 
> That is quite a good 'business' at $5000 a pop, and all for automated
> letter posting!
> 
> No wonder you can get a letter whether or not you might not even have a
> computer!
> 
> 
> I'm certainly actively boycotting any such organisation such as that!

A further link for the case:

RIAA throws in the towel in Atlantic v. Andersen
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070604-riaa-throws-in-the-towel-in-atlantic-v-andersen.html

One of the most notorious file-sharing cases is drawing to a close. Both
parties in Atlantic v. Andersen have agreed to dismiss the case with
prejudice, which means that Tanya Andersen is the prevailing party and
can attempt to recover attorneys fees.

Tanya Andersen was originally sued by the RIAA in 2005... She denied
engaging in piracy and in October 2005, she filed a countersuit accusing
the record industry of racketeering, fraud, and deceptive business
practices, among other things...


Another similar case:

Ms. Crain Counterclaims against RIAA for Using Unlicensed Investigators
in SONY v. Crain in Beaumont Texas
http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2007/07/ms-crain-counterclaims-against-riaa-for.html



All quite nasty.

Cheers,
Martin

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