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"Microsoft is listed on the RIAA's members page. Neither Google LLC, its Youtube subsidiary, nor parent Alphabet Inc. are. The RIAA are threatening a member for
by rendall 6y ago
"Microsoft is listed on the RIAA's members page. Neither Google LLC, its Youtube subsidiary, nor parent Alphabet Inc. are. The RIAA are threatening a member for a §1201 violation against a nonmember. That's ... weird."
That a really good point. This request seems ill-considered
- gamblor956 6y agoThe RIAA is a separate entity from it's membership. It's not weird for them to sue a member; stuff like this happens all the time.
- dredmorbius 6y agoSuing a member on behalf of a nonmember adds extra kink.
- gamblor956 6y agoNo, it doesn't. Especially since the RIAA isn't suing a member on behalf of a non-member. It's simply sending a takedown notice to a member who happens to be hosting something on a subsidiary's website.
- dredmorbius 6y ago"Kink" is an observation of the peculiarly ironic nature of the claim. Not a legal argument. Though experience shows judicial temperment may take note of such quirks. You seem stongly inclined to object to any element no matter how tenuously germane. It's a bad look.