Copyright
- ⇒ RIAA is not awesome (link from Dec 31, 2007)
It is now the official, documented legal stance of the RIAA that copying CDs you have legally purchased to your own computer for personal use is illegal. The concept of fair use is spinning in its grave.
- ⇒ RIAA Accused of Extortion and Conspiracy (link from Jun 6, 2007)
In a new Tampa, Florida, case, UMG v. Del Cid, the defendant has filed the following five (5) counterclaims against the RIAA, under Florida, federal, and California law:
- Trespass
- Computer Fraud and Abuse (18 USC 1030)
- Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices (Fla. Stat. 501.201)
- Civil Extortion (CA Penal Code 519 & 523)
- Civil Conspiracy involving (a) use of private investigators without license in violation of Fla. Stat. Chapter 493; (b) unauthorized access to a protected computer system, in interstate commerce, for the purpose of obtaining information in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1030 (a)(2)©; © extortion in violation of Ca. Penal Code §§ 519 and 523; and (d) knowingly collecting an unlawful consumer debt, and using abus[ive] means to do so, in violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1692a et seq. and Fla. Stat. § 559.72 et seq.