Apr 02 2008
UMaine Law Students Launch Counterattack on RIAA
As reported on several online news outlets today, those plucky UMaine Law students have decided to take action on Magistrate Judge Kravchuk’s suggestion that the RIAA lawyers face Rule 11 sanctions. In an article entitled Maine law students try to derail RIAA lawsuit express, Ars Technica reports that the same students at UMaine Law who argued to have the RIAA’s John Doe lawsuits thrown out are now filing suit demanding the exact sanctions Kravchuk suggested. My best wishes go out to them in their efforts.
Suing your customers is not a way to sustain a business model. When will the RIAA learn?
Best wishes to these law students. Just the other week I was reading in horror about ASCAP/RIAA suing Girl Scouts for singing songs around the campfire. That’s pretty old news, but it’s shameless behavior and makes me feel physically ill.
The recent movie Be Kind, Rewind deals with the outrageous enforcement of film copyright law to some extent and shows just how unreasonable it can be. It’s also a weird, funny movie.