1. Doug has a wife? What's his name??

Posted at 7:09PM on Nov 30th 2006 by Haywood Jablome

2. Well, this is extortion. Extortion because they have sued an individual not knowing if it was that individual actually did something wrong. They are suing and getting settlements from many people who did nothing wrong. Because someone is the registered used of an IP address, it does not mean that that person registered did anything. All kinds of people drive our cars but it doesn't mean the owner committed bank robbery because a car was used. Directv, the genius of all of these hypothetical suits, sued a great many American's destroying the finances of families across the country with out any evidence any one did anything wrong. This is a new way to rob people by use of the Court system. The court system has become in grave doubt because of this. When someone uses the court to file a claim which is fraudulent, and the court assists in this, the court has then lost all of it's credibility to practice equality and fairness. This because the individual will never have enough money to actually go to trial up against corporations. So let the divisions of power begin between the average citizen and the rich who so desperately wants the average person's money. History has seen this before and it is likely to end in the same way.

Posted at 9:21PM on Nov 30th 2006 by gene

3. Since the RIAA has never (AFAIK) won a case in court (they have always settled outside the courts, and whenever they have been challeneged, they drop the case), then one might argue that the claims of the RIAA are false, and by calling your boss, they are deliberately trying to smear your name/character, forcing you into complying with their demands, thus making them guilty of defamation, and extortion, probably you could stretch it to conspiracy.

Fight fire with fire.

Posted at 2:46AM on Dec 1st 2006 by Mathew

4. You're saying that harassment isn't technically wrong?

Then that must be the only way in which is isn't.

Morally, socially, legally, strategically... harassment is indeed wrong in all these ways.

Clearly the RIAA is trying to put pressure on Ms. Lindor to settle. These tactics are completely inappropriate and need to be answered for.

Posted at 3:34AM on Dec 1st 2006 by Etienne Cortez

5. So, what's her #?

Posted at 3:55AM on Dec 1st 2006 by cwebb

6. It might not be wrong where you live, but I'm pretty sure it's against the law in Texas to harrass somebody like this. I wonder where this happened.

Posted at 6:59AM on Dec 1st 2006 by rick

7. Brennen is totally right to call me on that. Yes, we all understand what I meant, but I should know better than to abuse a logical fallacy that way. My second year English prof would beat me about the head and shoulders for that one.

Thanks for pointing out my error Jay!

Posted at 10:43AM on Dec 1st 2006 by Grant Robertson

8. This is a downright scary tactic and probably a good one to approach the ACLU or EFF for assistance with. Regardless of the validity of RIAA's claims, this goes beyond the pale.

\\Greg


{@Jay Brennan
I had no problem understanding what Grant meant when he used that term. Regardless of the dicitonary, in real language, words mean whatever people agree they mean. Take a look at today's slang for some examples.

Rather than act as language police, why not comment on the content of the story? It'll make these comments all the more useful.}

Posted at 7:37PM on Dec 1st 2006 by Greg

9. ET call home

Posted at 11:42AM on Dec 5th 2006 by Shinderpal Stevens

10. And what about the attack on isohunt ?
What is next ?

Posted at 2:29PM on Jan 23rd 2007 by kirk Badger

11. The RIAA is almost dead! People are now using private p2p applications that ENCRYPT file exchanges.

One such solution is GigaTribe: http://www.gigatribe.com It lets users exchange huge files within a private network.

Posted at 11:11AM on Jan 30th 2007 by John