RIAA wants the Internet shut down

Interesting argument of the day


By Nick Farrell: Wednesday 29 November 2006, 08:38

ONE OF THE lawyers involved in defending cases bought against people by the RIAA claims that if the music industry wins a crucial case, the Internet will have to be switched off.
Speaking on the DefectiveByDesign anti-DRM campaign site, Ray Beckerman said the case of Electro vs. Barker has become very important for the web's future.

Barker was being defended by Beckerman who made a motion to dismiss the case because the RIAA had forgot to provide any acts or dates or times of copyright infringement as the law normally requires.

The RIAA argued that by merely making files available on the Internet Barker was making a copyright infringement.

Beckerman said that it was a shocking argument because if it were accepted by the court it would probably shut down the entire Internet. If you send any file on the Net the RIAA will be allowed to suspect that you are in breach of copyright.

What was more disturbing is that the RIAA called up its mates in Washington to back it up. Apparently the United States Government has put in motions supporting the RIAA.

ONE OF THE lawyers involved in defending cases bought against people by the RIAA claims that if the music industry wins a crucial case, the Internet will have to be switched off.
LOL! Yeah, right. Like the billions of people who spend/make billions of dollars on the Internet would allow that to happen. And like, the Internet has some giant control switch located somewhere.

LOL! Sorry, that was funny.

Heh... the United States without Internet. Not going to happen, but it does have some amusing aspects. The rest of the world would obviously still have Internet. I'd love to be issued a copyright infringement summons by an American court. Thumb... meet nose :)

lol

Underground Starbucks with internet/cybercafe.

"Open up!!! this is the internet Inquisition!!! You're all under arrest."

"Wow. I didn't expect the internet inquisition"

"Nobody expects the internet inquisition!!"

http://www.prisonplanet.com/images/november2006/291106riaa2.jpg

This (http://www.campchaos.com/blog-archives/2006/05/napster_bad_good_or_goblin.html) is my favorite RIAA and Napster parody from Camp Chaos. The makers of the original Napster Bad (http://www.campchaos.com/blog-archives/2006/05/napster_bad.html) cartoon.

Ya, I remember the original Napster Baad one with Lars and James(doing a Phil Hartman impression).

I loved it then, still do now. Thanks for the post.

I suggest they hold their collective breath and see what happens.

Weird Al's RIAA song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C93_0L2Z9c)