Note that "the RIAA's lawyers" is such a large group that it's not likely any of them could have a defamation claim against NYCL based on the above statement.

"Lori Drew is guilty of causing the death of an impressionable child who was not quite old enough to understand life and responsibility and consequence. She abused her position as a parent and an adult, and maliciously manipulated a child into killing herself. Just because the prosecution could not convict her of this, does not mean she did not do this. You can't use the Jersey Defense here, that Everything is legal as long as you don't get caught."

Of course they couldn't convict her of that. It's not a crime to do what she did, but for the fact that she used a pseudonym. If you want to make it a crime, pass a law and prosecute people who break it after the law takes effect.

Your Al Capone and "Jersey defense" comparisons are misplaced, and they have nothing to do with this case or this discussion.

Get a hold of yourself.

"Yes, it is, if you use that pseudonym to chat with teenage girls and you encourage them to kill themselves and they follow through. Be very afraid."

That's not relevant to the crime she was charged with. If none of that had happened, she could still have been convicted.

This is an example of government using a bad law to reach a popular result. In this case, we tend to like the result, because it was used against a person who well and truly sucks.

If you trust that the government will never use these charges against people who don't well and truly suck, then you have more faith in the government than I do.

"Clinton FCC" and "Bush FCC" are sort of misnomers. The FCC is an independent Federal agency that does not fall under the Executive branch.

Commissioners are appointed to five year terms by the President, with approval of the Senate. Once appointed, they are similar to Federal judges in that they may only be removed by impeachment (or the expiration of a term). The President has influence over who gets onto the Commission, but he cannot fire them or tell them what policy to make.

There is an additional check on the influence of the President in that no more than 3 of the 5 commissioners may be of the same political party. So the President can have some influence in who he appoints over time, but even if he gets two terms, he cannot completely alter the partisan make-up of the Commission.