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From what I've collected (I don't follow all this very closely), around two months ago, the Supreme Court somehow made it clear that they would not reopen inter
by jfornear 18y ago
From what I've collected (I don't follow all this very closely), around two months ago, the Supreme Court somehow made it clear that they would not reopen internet law anytime soon, which, in effect, shut down the RIAA's main purpose: to take test cases to the Supreme Court in hopes of changing the laws. Layoffs would make sense in that context.
- wmf 18y agoHmm, I thought the lawsuits were profitable and the purpose was not to go to trial but generate settlements as quickly as possible.
- electromagnetic 18y agoYes, but they've targeted so many people that they've started getting people who have the balls to fight back. The worst thing for the RIAA would be if a judge ruled that they cannot sue individuals for copyright infringement. You have to consider that the RIAA is currently going up against Harvard, including a counter-suit alleging that their practices is unconstitutional. If ruled unconstitutional it can be retroactively enforced, meaning all money they took will have to be paid back even if they paid peoples wages with it. So essentially the counter-suit from Harvard could potentially destroy the RIAA in one bang of a judges gavel. The RIAA could be trying to get themselves protected by the whole statute of limitations, I'm unsure how this applies as I've never really looked into it (not living in the US and all).