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Court Allows MP3Board to Sue RIAA
Last Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Sidney Stein delivered a decision that allows MP3Board to sue the Recording Industry of America for damages resulting from a ten day shutdown caused by an RIAA copyright infringement claim.
The claim, filed in June of last year, accused the search engine web site of violating copyright law because it was linking to illegitimate files.
The decision paves the way for search engines to retain their freedom to link to any material without a severe threat of legal action. The trial is currently scheduled for May 23. This is the first time that a web site has been allowed to take a case for shutdown damages to trial.
User Comments
(These do not necessarily reflect the beliefs of this site)
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Anonymous
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Date: March 21, 2001 @ 4:01 PM
YEA i hate the RIAA..they wanted to sue me too for having too many mp3's on my ftp site
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Anonymous
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Date: March 22, 2001 @ 3:02 AM
uhh.. linking mp3s and actually serving mp3s off your ftp are 2 totally different things |
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Anonymous
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Date: March 22, 2001 @ 3:48 AM
Sue the bastards! Keep the web free! |
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milladrive
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Date: March 22, 2001 @ 7:40 AM
huh. There's an interesting twist. |
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p0ppe
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Date: March 22, 2001 @ 3:39 PM
This is going to be interesting. Lycos won, so why shouldn't MP3board win? |
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-dave-
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Date: March 22, 2001 @ 9:23 PM
mp3board is more then just some guy working out of his house?
i thought it was a 1 man operaton, not a big one ;P |
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Anonymous
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Date: March 22, 2001 @ 11:57 PM
Linking is not a crime! The RIAA and the MPAA (in their suit against 2600) have stepped way over the line. These media conglomerate lawyers have no regard for what's legal or what's right. They abuse our court system in an effort to intimidate anyone (journalists, legitimate companies, private citizens) who stands in the way of their obscene profits. Go MP3Board! Sue the bastards! |
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cype
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Date: March 26, 2001 @ 10:25 PM
RIAA are a bunch of whiners they all need to get a life. |
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doobybrain
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Date: April 3, 2001 @ 6:51 PM
that is a twist to the sueing legacy. wow, i wonder what will happen.
[doobybrain] |
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