The law firm representing Patricia Santangelo, the mother of five from White Plains, NY who is refusing to settle the RIAA lawsuit brought against her, has set up a blog to cover this case and others like it. The firm has pledged to handle other similar cases, with the apparent assistance of the EFF. All court-filed documents relating to the Santangelo case are posted. Of greatest interest, so far, is the text transcript of a preliminary conference between a lawyerless Santangelo, the RIAA lawyer, and the judge. The judge's sympathy for Santangelo is striking, as is the judge's cutting treatment of the RIAA lawyer. [via P2Pnet]
Recording Industry vs. People, the Blog
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(Page 1)2. Quite controversy site but very interesting :)! I'm really excited!
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Posted at 5:58AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Phentermine
1. The RIAA is well known for its bullying tactics but I don't care if this person downloaded x amount of files because it was made readily available by a .com and that disturbs me. Lets take it to another level. Where I live, its illegal to use radar detectors but they are sold everywhere. Whats this half-baked logic? If this music is available on the internet, ordinary people should not be sued for copyright infringements...the companies that sell this products should be the ones to answer in court for their products. One of the real problems is the poor management and the inability to sell poorly developed products. Also, the last I heard, the record companies combined owed 9 billion dollars in royalties. Looks like poor management to me. The feds should stay out of creative products but again, its a big business society that doesn't allow the little guy a chance. This will all comeback on the RIAA eventually and the only thing that they will create is their own demise.
Posted at 5:58AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Bert Gagnon