Thursday, September 11, 2003
RIAA Amnesty deceptive business practice?
Roy Mark of Internet News writes:
Of course, if the bottom-line-driven corporate pap the RIAA is defending was any good...
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which filed 261 civil lawsuits earlier this week against alleged online music pirates, became a litigation target itself after a Novato, Calif., man slapped an injunctive action against the music trade group claiming its "clean slate" amnesty program is a deceptive business practice. ...
Eric Parke, a 37-year-old mortgage broker, says in a lawsuit filed in Marin County Superior Court in San Rafael that the amnesty offer is "hollow and deceptive" and provides "no real legally binding assurance" that those who sign the amnesty offer will not be sued at some later date by copyright owners.
Of course, if the bottom-line-driven corporate pap the RIAA is defending was any good...
