Berman is my Congressman. I know as a fact tht his district has no movie studios or record companies in its borders. He was always just a shill for the "content" provdrs. As for Conyer, he ants to giv Black money forf slavery. 1: there aren't any slaves still alive and 2: that's what rap was for: a massive transfer of wealth from ten-ag white boys thinking they were tough to blacks for rap music.
If it were up to the RIAA (the copyright fascists) they'd want to write a simple complaint, file it for free and get an immediate judgment). In this way they'd be subverting the whole legal system which is okay with them so long as they get the big bucks. Jurisprudence? Irrelevant, just give us our money! They never want to be held accountable.
Why did Obama place many RIAA lawyers in key positions at the Dept of Justice? Why are their lawyers sill lawyers? Why haven't they been disbarred. throw the bums out!
It's really funny because the biggest enemy to artists is ascap itself, against whom they have no protection because the courts have bought into the notion that the US DOJ watches over ascap. LOL LOL LOL LOL.
Ascap needs to be boken into 50 state versions of itself which compete against each other for member and user dollars.
The greatest con ever created is the blanket license by which a broadcaster for exasmple pays for music it doesn't even use! Almsot 80-90X as much. And why Alden-Rochelle hasn't been aspplied to TV brodcsts is beyond me. ASCAP is a racketeering influenced corrupt organization.
I think that allowing all that content to float around the net ready to be infringed upon needs to be taken away so as to stop the infringements. No more music on the net, no more movies. Take it all away, stick it in a vault, that'll show all those college kids and evildoers. It's like when you were a kid, if you ate too much candy, your parents took it away. STOP THE INFRINGEMENT, TAKE ALL MUSIC AND MOVIES OFF THE INTERNET! Stop evil in its tracks!
Tried to call someone at Limewire 2 days ago to help out the legal team. Difficult finding out exactly who to contat. I'll keep trying and if all els fails I'll file as a friend of th court.
In the old days, AT&T was "Ma Bell." Now it's just a racketeering influenced corrupt organization. It violates debt collection laws, consumer protection laws and its contract is unconscionable. The new AT&T needs to be broken up just as the old AT&T was broken up. This time, its principals should be placed against a wall and executed.
The case of Tyne in Florida some years ago dealt with this issue, involving the real person portrayed by George Clooney in "The Perfect Storm." Both the Fed Ct and State Ct allowed the use without compensation to the family. Free Speech was the cornerstone of the decisions.
The banket license, used by PROs is a massive fraud, a fraud on licensees and a fraud on PRO members or affils. PROs are all racketeering influenced corrupt organizations and should be broken up into regional or state based PROs. The anti-trust laws should be used to shut them down and toss their executives into a padded cell or jail.
Truly surprising that attorneys who have pledged to uphold the constitution would seek to destroy th first amendment rights found in that constituion. The founding father never envisioned that their copyright provision would destroy their first amendment provision.
Send USCG back to law school and hold them for detention.
clauses such as "throughout the universe" and in perpetuity and "in any media herefter conceivedZ" are old hat and have been for a few years now. This wasn't news, it was olds.
I was a member of the PHO listserv run by Griffin. he proved himself time an again, a con artist on that list. Don't trust him. If he's involved, it's fraudulent.
ASCAP and BMI charge for a blanket license. The license pays for access to all the pro repertory, not avtual us of repertory. It is a crock, a con, right out there in the open. Radio and TV pay for a lot o music they never brioadcast. And the member or affils of ascap and bmi get cheated becaus their music is used to generate the license, but thy wion't get paid for it.
2. Not everyone likes music, and since taxes are enforced at the point of a gun ultimately, it's stupid. Music should not be accorded such a high place that taxes are needed to ebnforece music "rights." Absurd idea. Let's start the tea party now.
Howard Berman
Berman is my Congressman. I know as a fact tht his district has no movie studios or record companies in its borders. He was always just a shill for the "content" provdrs. As for Conyer, he ants to giv Black money forf slavery. 1: there aren't any slaves still alive and 2: that's what rap was for: a massive transfer of wealth from ten-ag white boys thinking they were tough to blacks for rap music.
good idea: at least shows if any damages did occur
If it were up to the RIAA (the copyright fascists) they'd want to write a simple complaint, file it for free and get an immediate judgment). In this way they'd be subverting the whole legal system which is okay with them so long as they get the big bucks. Jurisprudence? Irrelevant, just give us our money! They never want to be held accountable.
Sherman 's comment
Chan ge the law: no copyright unless it's registered.
the south dakota decision
Someone needs to post a link to the court's actual decision so that it may be used in other jurisdictions.
riaa lawyers
Why did Obama place many RIAA lawyers in key positions at the Dept of Justice? Why are their lawyers sill lawyers? Why haven't they been disbarred. throw the bums out!
motion to dismiss
Rule 12b6 motion to dismiss.
May as well have Tesla's family suing over electricity.
Little shits wanna become big shits.
RIAA raises
Something stinks.
ascap opens its big mouth again
It's really funny because the biggest enemy to artists is ascap itself, against whom they have no protection because the courts have bought into the notion that the US DOJ watches over ascap. LOL LOL LOL LOL.
Ascap needs to be boken into 50 state versions of itself which compete against each other for member and user dollars.
The greatest con ever created is the blanket license by which a broadcaster for exasmple pays for music it doesn't even use! Almsot 80-90X as much. And why Alden-Rochelle hasn't been aspplied to TV brodcsts is beyond me. ASCAP is a racketeering influenced corrupt organization.
I have a better idea
I think that allowing all that content to float around the net ready to be infringed upon needs to be taken away so as to stop the infringements. No more music on the net, no more movies. Take it all away, stick it in a vault, that'll show all those college kids and evildoers. It's like when you were a kid, if you ate too much candy, your parents took it away. STOP THE INFRINGEMENT, TAKE ALL MUSIC AND MOVIES OFF THE INTERNET! Stop evil in its tracks!
they should call me, I'm a great lawyer!
Tried to call someone at Limewire 2 days ago to help out the legal team. Difficult finding out exactly who to contat. I'll keep trying and if all els fails I'll file as a friend of th court.
AT&T is a racket
In the old days, AT&T was "Ma Bell." Now it's just a racketeering influenced corrupt organization. It violates debt collection laws, consumer protection laws and its contract is unconscionable. The new AT&T needs to be broken up just as the old AT&T was broken up. This time, its principals should be placed against a wall and executed.
Tyne v Warner Bros says they're right
The case of Tyne in Florida some years ago dealt with this issue, involving the real person portrayed by George Clooney in "The Perfect Storm." Both the Fed Ct and State Ct allowed the use without compensation to the family. Free Speech was the cornerstone of the decisions.
the blanket license is a massive fraud
The banket license, used by PROs is a massive fraud, a fraud on licensees and a fraud on PRO members or affils. PROs are all racketeering influenced corrupt organizations and should be broken up into regional or state based PROs. The anti-trust laws should be used to shut them down and toss their executives into a padded cell or jail.
the destruction of he constitution
Truly surprising that attorneys who have pledged to uphold the constitution would seek to destroy th first amendment rights found in that constituion. The founding father never envisioned that their copyright provision would destroy their first amendment provision.
Send USCG back to law school and hold them for detention.
artful drafting
clauses such as "throughout the universe" and in perpetuity and "in any media herefter conceivedZ" are old hat and have been for a few years now. This wasn't news, it was olds.
con artist Jim Griffin
I was a member of the PHO listserv run by Griffin. he proved himself time an again, a con artist on that list. Don't trust him. If he's involved, it's fraudulent.
ascap bmi perf royalty
ASCAP and BMI charge for a blanket license. The license pays for access to all the pro repertory, not avtual us of repertory. It is a crock, a con, right out there in the open. Radio and TV pay for a lot o music they never brioadcast. And the member or affils of ascap and bmi get cheated becaus their music is used to generate the license, but thy wion't get paid for it.
What a crock. And musicians buy it.
No.
1. Jim Griffin is an asshole.
2. Not everyone likes music, and since taxes are enforced at the point of a gun ultimately, it's stupid. Music should not be accorded such a high place that taxes are needed to ebnforece music "rights." Absurd idea. Let's start the tea party now.
antigua vs. USA
The mouse that roared is back!