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Re: RIAA defendant dies, heirs given 60 days to grieve before depositions

__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Wednesday 16 August 2006 13:32 \__

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> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> __/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Tuesday 15 August 2006 19:00 \__
>> 
>>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
>>> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>  wrote
>>> on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 08:38:50 +0100
>>> <3904234.JUfrCM1toh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>>> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Tuesday 15 August 2006 08:28 \__
>>>>
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>>>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>>>> __/ [ JEDIDIAH ] on Monday 14 August 2006 20:15 \__
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 2006-08-14, Gubo Dangle <gubo.dangle.nospam> wrote:
>>>>>>>> nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote :
>>>>>>> [deletia]
>>>>>>>>> End quote
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060812-7487.html
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Don't worry.  They wouldn't have gone after him if he weren't
>>>>>>>>> guilty. It's only right that his children should pay.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Really? So.. if your dad was to die suddenly and leave you with a
>>>>>>>> huge debt that was *his* fault, you'd happily pay and not complain?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I'd tell the shilock to go fuck off actually.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> There are some famous phrases that refer to children's suffering and
>>>>>> punishment for their ancestors' sins. So I'd take the same stance. All
>>>>>> it's about is a reign of terror. But what the RIAA does not realise
>>>>>> that it promotes anger, as well as hatred which will ultimately kill
>>>>>> that industry which it is said to protect. Look at WGA for
>>>>>> similarities.
>>>>> 
>>>>> It sounds perfectly reasonable to me.  Children are able to listen to
>>>>> music, so they must, therefore, be responsible for the crimes of their
>>>>> parents where copyright violation is concerned.  Perhaps one of the
>>>>> children could be hanged to set an example?  Copyright violation is a
>>>>> terrible crime.
>>>>
>>>> Hypothetical, in court: "I tried to tell my dead to stop
>>>> listening to these MP3's, but he just kept hiding in his
>>>> room and listening to them with a set
>>>> of headphones. Now I'll have to face jail..."
>>> 
>>> An interesting notion.  Is this related to the Monty Python
>>> Killer Joke skit, perhaps?  (Who owns the copyright to
>>> the joke?  Who would want to?   And would it kill Babelfish?)
>> 
>> I lost you there completely. The days of Monty Python predate my
>> adulthood.
> 
> Just FYI, the "World's funniest joke" was so funny that no person was
> allowed to know more than one word each of it.  One chap who
> accidentally heard a second word laughed so much that he became ill and
> had to be held in a mental health institution.  Knowing more than two
> words was considered to be a death sentence, as it was too funny...


LMAO just reading it...


>> But I think I get the joke. By the way, as Oliver indicated (pointing to
an
>> article that I saw earlier this morning), the charges have been dropped.
>> 
>> http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060815-7507.html
>> 
>>         RIAA drops suit against grieving family
>> 
>> You know what this means, don't you? If they are on to you, think of a
>> fascinating way to have the charges dropped. A rope seems like a repellent
>> option. (morbid humour, I know)
> 
> 'bout time too.

Oops. My tab dropped the "R" from "RIAA". This happens to me with the links
sometimes (overwrite mode, insert-backspace typo).

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