[IP] more on who is to blame -- riaa
Begin forwarded message:
From: Edward Almasy <ealmasy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: August 19, 2006 11:38:34 AM EDT
To: Steve Lamont <spl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [IP] more on who is to blame -- riaa
On Aug 19, 2006, at 10:13 AM, Steve Lamont wrote:
Reprehensible conduct? Those are pretty strong words.
All I see are companies defending their own legal property rights,
just like a homeowner might defend their own property rights against a
neighbor taking a chunk of their land.
The reprehensible conduct isn't the RIAA and
company going through legal channels to defend
their property rights; it's the RIAA using their
size and bankroll to intimidate people into
capitulating to their demands without a legal fight.
Almost all of the people the RIAA has gone after
have never had their day in court to test whether
the rule of law really is on the RIAA's side
in their case, because they can't afford the legal
costs to do so. While it could be argued that the
RIAA is still following the letter of the law in
flexing their legal muscle, I think it's clear in
most cases that their approach is rendering the
spirit of the law moot.
Ed
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