The REAL reason the RIAA is going after Ray (Score 1)

The RIAA is going after Ray Beckerman is because they want to shut down his blog. Pure and simple. Recording Industry vs. The People has made it possible for defense lawyers in different jurisdictions to be aware of what the RIAA was doing in the courts, so they could hone their legal arguments and focus on what matters. Without Ray's blog, defense lawyers would have to spend countless hours "reinventing the wheel" in redundant legal research. Against the perverse, well-funded multi-jurisdiction legal campaign by the RIAA, a defense lawyer might have no chance at all, were it not for Ray's blog.

We have the First Amendment precisely because blogs like Ray's can exist. He defends democracy against RIAA fascism, and is a true patriot. (Said without irony or sarcasm.)