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Obama violating copyright laws right and left

April 3, 2009

It isn’t really his fault; many people unintentionally violate copyright laws every day. But if the President can’t give a simple gift without breaking the law, the system is broken.
When British Prime Minister Gordon Brown visited the U.S., President Obama gave him a box of DVDs. Of course, in order to play them, Brown would [...]

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RIAA to stop lawsuits? Maybe.

December 19, 2008

The Wall Street Journal reports that the RIAA is going to stop suing individuals for illegally downloading music.  It appears that they will now attempt to coerce the individual’s ISP to help in their efforts. This is good news for the consumer if only for a short period of time. In justifying their litigation over the [...]

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RIAA finds its soul, will stop suing individuals downloading music

December 19, 2008

RIAA finds its soul, will stop suing individuals downloading music | Engadget

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35 Places To Download Free, Legal MP3s – Sorry, RIAA!

October 16, 2008

35 Places To Download Free, Legal MP3s – Sorry, RIAA! | Download Squad (via Recording Industry vs. The People)

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Why DRM sucks

October 13, 2008

Steal This Comic | XKCD

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RIAA loses big: Judge Davis overturns $222,000 verdict, calls on Congress to act

September 25, 2008

Judge Michael Davis overturned the obscene $222,000 jury verdict in the Capitol v. Thomas trial with what may become a landmark decision. He ruled the RIAA’s “making available” theory was bogus, and called on Congress to fix the law that made the Thomas verdict possible:

The Court would be remiss if it did not take this [...]

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RIAA and 5 years of filesharing lawsuits

September 23, 2008

David Kravets over at Wired Blog Network’s Threat Level has a great piece on the travesty of abuse that is the RIAA’s campaign to go after illicit music downloads. Its been 5 years, with over 30,000 lawsuits filed and one jury trial victory that is likely to be reversed.
The real problem with the whole mess [...]

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Turnabout Is Fair Play

August 15, 2008

The RIAA finally pays $100,000+ in attorney fees, and the recipient is suing the RIAA for malicious prosecution, as well. Turnabout Is Fair Play | Futurelawyer

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Monday consumer blog roundup

May 12, 2008

Here are the blog posts I starred in Google Reader last week. (If you use Google Reader, you can subscribe to my shared items.)

The Alphonso Jackson Legacy. Mark Ireland comments on the Washington Post’s look at the legacy of HUD chief (and Bush appointee) Alphonso Jackson. While Jackson oversaw the government body in charge of [...]

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Attention Big Business: listen to our complaints and give us what we want

February 25, 2008

Cory Doctorow just published a provocative column in the Guardian, “In Defense of Complaining,” in which he argues that complaints, specifically about crippling technology and licensing restrictions, are part of the marketplace in which companies must operate. And he is right. Complaints are the crude way in which consumers tell companies what they want.
Doctorow focuses [...]

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RIAA wants $1.5 million per song

January 31, 2008

Apparently, the RIAA thinks you should have to pay $1.5 million for that copy of MC Hammer’s “Too Legit to Quit” you downloaded for your last 80s party.
Google’s copyright lawyer, William Patry, commented that the bill was the most “outrageously gluttonous IP bill ever introduced in the US.” I think that might be putting it [...]

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We take you to a meeting of the RIAA

January 4, 2008

From joyoftech.com:

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Already at ludicrous speed, the RIAA goes a bit faster

December 31, 2007

Mark Frauenfelder of BoingBoing points out that the RIAA’s ludicrous stance on copying CDs for personal use is actually even more ludicrous in light of what they were saying just months ago:
The record companies, my clients, have said, for some time now, and it’s been on their Website for some time now, that it’s perfectly [...]

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RIAA has achieved ludicrous speed

December 29, 2007

In its efforts to bring about the overthrow of copyright protection by adopting arguments more ridiculous than the Bush Administration’s attempts to exclude Dick Cheney from the executive branch, the RIAA is now arguing that it is illegal for you to transfer music from a CD you purchase to your computer for your own, personal [...]

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